After the Meiji Restoration brought an end to the shogunate in 1868, Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the headship of the Tokugawa clan and “the last shōgun” entered a life of retirement. His ...

The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.

In 1562 Tokugawa Ieyasu allied his clan and his warriors with the Oda clan where he would gain power and influence while serving as a commander under Nobunaga. ( How samurai, statesmen, and ...

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Under Masamune’s order, the construction for Sendai Castle started in 1600, on top of Mt Aoba, at a height of 130m. The castle used to be the home base of the Date clan throughout the Edo period ...

The founder of the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled Japan for more than 250 years, Ieyasu brought an end to centuries of civil war and ushered in a period of peace… Shogun sweets? Trees said to be ...

The newly renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum's spring special focuses on the legendary battle of October 21, 1600, in which the forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu routed the Toyotomi clan and its allies, opening ...

Iehiro Tokugawa, the 19th head of the Tokugawa family that ruled Japan in the Edo period (1603-1868), is certain to fail in his first attempt to win a ...

MATSUMOTO, Nagano Prefecture--An adventurous English teacher from Britain created a board game themed on feudal warlords of the Sanada clan, who twice repelled the powerful Tokugawa clan during ...

"Akabane swords" linked to the Tokugawa clan are seen on display for the first time in this image provided by the Toyota Municipal Government. NAGOYA -- A special exhibit of eight Japanese swords ...