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.

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.

In 1868, when the shogunate came to an end, the city was renamed Tokyo (" eastern capital ").

However, their domination of civil administration was lost by the establishment of the first shogunate ( i. e., Kamakura shogunate ) under Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1192.

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

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.

The Satsuma clan earned considerable profits from trades with China during a period in which foreign trade was heavily restricted by the shogunate.

was the initiator of the unification of Japan under the shogunate in the late 16th century, which ruled Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

Yoshiaki was the brother of the murdered thirteenth shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate, Yoshiteru, and wanted revenge against the killers who had already set up a puppet shogun, Ashikaga Yoshihide.

Yoshiaki was made the 15th shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate.

Nobunaga was able to defeat Yoshiaki's forces and send him into exile, bringing the Ashikaga shogunate to an end in the same year.

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.

In 1192, Yoritomo was awarded the title of Sei-i Taishōgun by the emperor and the political system he developed with a succession of shogun at the head became known as a shogunate.

An attempt by Emperor Go-Daigo to restore imperial rule in 1331 was unsuccessful, but weakened the shogunate significantly and led to its eventual downfall.

The end of the Kamakura shogunate came when Kamakura fell in 1333 and the Hōjō Regency was destroyed.

The shogunate system was originally established under the Kamakura shogunate by Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Each shogunate was dynamic, not static.

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.

These six streets ( three running north to south and three east to west ) were built at the time of the shogunate and are all still under heavy use.

From the middle of the thirteenth century, the fact that the vassals ( the gokenin ) were allowed to become de facto owners of the land they administered, coupled to the custom that all gokenin children could inherit, led to the parcelization of the land and to a consequent weakening of the shogunate.

The first related to those lords who had fought against Tokugawa forces at Sekigahara ( in 1600 AD ) and had from that point on been exiled permanently from all powerful positions within the shogunate.

The authority of both the shogunate and the Imperial Court all but collapsed, and provincial Governors ( shugo ) and other local samurai leaders emerged as the daimyo, who would battle each other, religious factions ( e. g. the Ikkō-ikki ) and others for land and power for the next 150 years or so.

After the death of his father Yoritomo in 1199, Sanetomo's grandfather Hōjō Tokimasa usurped all political and military power of the shogunate, relegating the position and title of Seii Taishogun, or shogun, to a mere figurehead.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu was given the title of Seii Taishōgun, the future of any anticipated Tokugawa shogunate was by no means assured, nor was his relationship to the emperor at all settled.

After the defeat of forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War in 1868, the new Meiji government confiscated all lands formerly under direct control of the Shogunate ( tenryō ) and lands controlled by daimyo who remained loyal to the Tokugawa cause.

The first related to those lords who had fought against Tokugawa forces at the Battle of Sekigahara ( in 1600 ) and had from that point on been excluded permanently from all powerful positions within the shogunate.

Several members of the kuge played a crucial role in the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the early Meiji government nominated kuge to head all seven of the newly established administrative departments.

When the shogunate abolished the Ako han, all the Ako samurai became ronin.

During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

During the Edo period, all of Kai Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, although the portion around modern day Ōtsuki was part of the short-lived Tamimura Domain, which was suppressed in 1704.

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Itō was occupied by 15 small farming and fishing hamlets.

Openly defying the shogunate, Takachika ordered his forces to fire, without warning, on all foreign ships traversing Shimonoseki Strait.

From the middle of the thirteenth century, the fact that gokenin were allowed to become de facto owners of the land they administered, coupled to the custom that all gokenin children could inherit, brought to the parcelization of the land and to a consequent weakening of the shogunate.

Many argue that since Japan was essentially intact, the Emperor and shogunate remaining at least nominally in command of the whole country, it really wasn't a " warring states " period at all, but a " warring warlords " period.

During the Edo period all of present Tōei was tenryō under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.

During the Sengoku period, the area was controlled by various samurai clans, including the Makino and branches of the Honda and Matsudaira clans, all of whom rose to high positions within the Tokugawa shogunate.

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Higashiizu Town consisted of 5 villages ( Inatori, Naramoto, Shirata, Katase, and Ōkawa ).

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Minamiizu Town consisted of 25 villages.

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Matsuzaki Town consisted of 21 villages.

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the area now comprising Nishiizu consisted of seven villages within ancient Naka District.

During the Edo period, all of Izu Province was tenryō territory under direct control of the Tokugawa shogunate.