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.

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 ...

Banished from power more than a century ago, the Tokugawa clan of “shogun” rulers no longer runs Japan. Tsunenari Tokugawa, 63, has settled into semi-retirement, ...

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 ...

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 ...

By claiming a direct lineage to the Minamoto clan, Tokugawa Ieyasu declared himself an honorable and worthy-by-blood figure to become the new leader of Japan.Just as depicted in ShÅ gun, the ...

Tokugawa Ieyasu founded a dynasty that ruled Japan for more than 200 years, but he had to wait to take his chance to become shōgun and reshape the country in his image.

Ironically, the Tokugawa used their control of foreign policy to enhance their power and prestige internally at the expense of possible resistance to its hegemony. “This clearly shows that the edicts ...

When the Tokugawa clan resigned the shogunate and imperial rule resumed, Princess Atsuhime remained a force in politics, advancing her family's position. Her life spanned the birth of a modern ...

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