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2 days ago · In 1861, Princess Kazu (1846–1877) traveled to Edo to marry the shogun Tokugawa Iemochi (1846–1866) in a procession as massive as it was quiet. Measuring over thirty miles, the procession moved solemnly on roads where all travel, business, temple bells, animals, and babies had been hushed. 16 By contrast, not one shogun traveled to Kyoto between 1643 and 1863 .
2 days ago · Tokugawa. Former Professor of Japanese History, Tokyo Metropolitan University. Author of Structure of Power in the Edo Shogunate. Professor of History, Princeton University, 1959–92. Author of Sakamoto Ryōma and the Meiji Restoration and others.
20 hours ago · Japan - The Tokugawa status system: Thus, the bakuhan system was firmly solidified by the second half of the 17th century. The establishment of a strict class structure of warriors, farmers, artisans, and merchants (shi-nō-kō-shō) represents the final consummation of the system.
1 day ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
4 days ago · 2. Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543 – 1616) Tokugawa Ieyasu. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Born Matsudaira Takechiyo in 1542, this great samurai was the son of the lord of Mikawa province. He came of age in a Japan wracked with civil war and bloody feuds between territorial lords.
1 day ago · The ancestors of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo bakufu, were the Matsudaira, a Sengoku daimyo family from the mountainous region of Mikawa province (in present Aichi prefecture) who had built up their base as daimyo by advancing into the plains of Mikawa.
1 day ago · Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Edo period was characterized by relative peace and stability under the tight control of the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled from the eastern city of Edo (modern Tokyo).
