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The Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府), or Edo bakufu (江戸幕府), was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family.
Tokugawa clan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tokugawa clan ( 徳川氏 , Tokugawa-shi ? ) was a powerful daimyo family of Japan . They descended from Emperor Seiwa (850-880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa ...
The Tokugawa Shogunate
Japan: Life in Tokugawa Japan Life in Tokugawa Japan was strictly hierarchical with the population divided among four distinct classes: samurai, farmers, craftspeople, and ...

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Tokugawa, name of the noble family that ruled Japan between 1603 and 1867. The founder of the Tokugawa dynasty was Ieyasu (1543-1616). He rose to power during the feudal wars of 16th-century Japan, and in 1603 the Japanese emperor, who had only nominal authority, granted him control of the government with the title of shogun, or military governor. The family ruled Japan as shoguns until 1867, when the 15th shogun resigned, returning his powers to the emperor.

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