However, every shogun from the Minamoto, Ashikaga and Tokugawa families had to be officially recognized by the emperors, who were still the source of sovereignty, although they could not exercise their powers independently from the Shogunate.

* 1603 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.

* 1867 – Tokugawa Shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified Japan in 1590, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who founded the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1603, were loyal followers of Nobunaga.

Satsuma was one of the main provinces that rose in opposition to the Tokugawa Shogunate in the mid 19th century.

The Tokugawa government not only prohibited any military expeditions to the mainland, but closed Japan to nearly all foreigners during the years of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

* November 22 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and the last shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan ( b. 1837 )

* August 29 – Tokugawa Iemochi, 14th shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan ( b. 1846 )

* March 31 – Commodore Matthew Perry of the U. S. Navy signs the Treaty / Convention of Kanagawa with the Japanese government ( the Tokugawa Shogunate ), opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade ( see History of Japan ).

* January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, declares the " Meiji Restoration ", his own restoration to full power, under the influence of supporters from the Chōshū and Satsuma Domains and against the supporters of the Tokugawa Shogunate, triggering the Boshin War.

* January 27 – 31 – Battle of Toba-Fushimi: forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and the allied pro-Imperial forces of the Chōshū, Satsuma and Tosa Domains clash near Fushimi, Kyoto, ending in a decisive victory for the Imperial forces ( although in the January 28 naval Battle of Awa the Shogunate is victorious against Satsuma ).

* March 24 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo, Japan.

* August 14 – Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan ( b. 1824 )

* October 28 – Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and the last shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate ( d. 1913 )

* July 27 – Tokugawa Ieyoshi, 12th shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan ( b. 1793 )

* July 17 – Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japanese ( d. 1866 )

Her symbolic role in this unique mission to the Spanish Court was intended to emphasize the international links which were forged by her 16th-century ancestor, Ieyasu Tokugawa.

In the years before the Tokugawa shogunate, that innovative daimyo from Western Japan had been actively involved in negotiating trade and diplomatic treaties with Spain and with the colonies of New Spain ( Mexico ) and the Philippines ; and it was anticipated that the mere presence of the Princess could serve to underscore the range of possibilities which could be inferred from that little-known history.

On March 31, 1854, the or was concluded between Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the U. S. Navy and the Tokugawa shogunate.

At the time, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyoshi was the de-facto ruler of Japan ; for the Emperor to interact in any way with foreigners was out of the question.

The Kanagawa treaty became a significant causative factor leading to serious internal conflicts within Japan — an upheaval which was only resolved in 1867 with the end of the Tokugawa shogunate and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration.

It was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate, which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868.

From the establishment of the Tokugawa bakufus headquarters at Edo, although Kyoto remained the formal capital of the country the de facto capital was now Edo ; it was the center of political power.

The next year a French expedition to Japan was formed to help the Tokugawa shogunate to modernize its army.

However, Tokugawa was defeated during the Boshin War at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi by large Imperial armies.

The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation concluded in 1888 between Japan and Mexico was the nation's first " equal " treaty with any country ; which overshadows Tokugawa Ieyasu's pre-Edo period initiatives which sought to establish official relations with the New Spain in Mexico.

Japan was under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate, enforced by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The Ryūkyū Kingdom was obliged to agree to form a tributary relationship with the Satsuma and the Tokugawa shogunate, while maintaining its previous tributary relationship with China ; Ryukyuan sovereignty was maintained since complete annexation would have created a conflict with China.

His work was continued, completed and finalized by his successors Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Nobunaga's organizational system in particular was later used and extensively developed by his ally Tokugawa Ieyasu in the forming of the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo.

Roppongi was not extensively populated until after the Meiji Restoration, although the area was trafficked for centuries and served as the site of the cremation of Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada's wife in 1626.

There was a striking contrast with Japan, where Edo ( Tokyo ) had as many as 1 million inhabitants and the urban population comprised as much as 10 % to 15 % of the total during the Tokugawa Period ( 1600 – 1868 ).

Hideyoshi's underaged son and designated successor Hideyori lost the power his father once held, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was declared Shogun following the Battle of Sekigahara.

was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

When the Tokugawa bakufu was overthrown, the leaders of the revolt, Satsuma and Chōshū were ideologically opposed to the house of Tokugawa since the Battle of Sekigahara.

As such, it also provided an intellectual foundation for the radical political actions of low ranking samurai in the decades prior to the Meiji Ishin ( 1868 ), in which the Tokugawa authority ( 1600 – 1868 ) was overthrown.

When Tokugawa shogunate was overthrown and Meiji government was founded, Japanese Westernization began completely.

Impeding the road to civilization lay a conservative government ( Tokugawa Shogunate ); only when this government was overthrown could civilization be realized in Japan.

During the Tokugawa period ( 1600 – 1868 ) the Ainu became increasingly involved in trade with Japanese who controlled the southern portion of the island that is now called Hokkaido.

During the Edo period, the shogunate appointed administrators ( machi bugyō ) with jurisdiction over the police and ( beginning with the rule of Tokugawa Yoshimune ) the fire department ( machibikeshi ).

Other accounts claim he actually served on the Tokugawa side, but such a claim is unproven, although Musashi had a close relationship with some Tokugawa vassals through his duel with Sasaki Kojirō, and in the succeeding years, he did not drop out of sight as might be expected if he were being persecuted for being on the losing side.

At the Battle of Anegawa, Tokugawa Ieyasu joined forces with Nobunaga and defeated the combined forces of the Asakura and Azai clans.

However, after the battle, Tokugawa's forces launched night raids and convinced Takeda of an imminent counter-attack, thus saving the vulnerable Tokugawa with the bluff.

At the decisive Battle of Nagashino, the combined forces of Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu devastated the Takeda clan with the strategic use of arquebuses.

During the Edo period, effective power rested with the Tokugawa shogun, not the emperor in Kyoto, even though the former ostensibly owed his position to the latter.

Hideyoshi led troops in the Battle of Anegawa in 1570 in which Oda Nobunaga allied with future rival Tokugawa Ieyasu ( who would eventually displace Hideyoshi's son and rule Japan ) to lay siege to two fortresses of the Azai and Asakura clans.

He allied himself with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the two sides fought at the inconclusive Battle of Komaki and Nagakute.

Finally, Hideyoshi made peace with Nobukatsu, ending the pretext for war between the Tokugawa and Hashiba clans.

He held the generals in contempt, and they sided with Tokugawa Ieyasu.