In the 17th century, Japan’s official head of state was the emperor, who was based in Kyoto.The emperor’s shogun was the military commander, a de facto ruler who was feared and respected by all.

Shoguns are appointed by the Emperor and must have an established hereditary line that makes them worthy of the esteemed rank. Tokugawa had a direct lineage to the Minamoto clan which helped him ...

Tokugawa Iyeasu was a daimyo who rose to power and was granted the title of shogun from the emperor in 1600.

Toranaga’s real-life counterpart, Tokugawa, was still victorious. He was officially named shōgun by Emperor Go-Yōzei—yes, there was an emperor as well—and his family ruled the country for ...

The King, addressing Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, said: "In 1613, Tokugawa Ieyasu wrote to my forebear, King James I. King Charles recited Ieyasu's letter, saying: "Though ...

Wield the ferocious weapons of the late 1800s as you fight against the armies of the Tokugawa Shogunate, win Japan for the Emperor, and relive the War of the Year of the Dragon. New storytelling ...

Gradually, powerful domains hostile to Tokugawa rule merged with dissatisfied samurai to form an active opposition. Soon, their slogan of “expel the barbarian, revere the emperor” morphed into ...

He took it (or rather had the powerless Emperor confer it upon him ... such name changes are by no means unusual — of the Tokugawa surname in 1567. History knows him as Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder ...

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.