Tokugawa Shogunate (nov 10, 1603 – jul 11, 1867)

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Japan’s Tokugawa would be the final era of traditional Japanese government, culture, and society before the Meiji Restoration of 1868 toppled the long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns and propelled the country into the modern era. Tokugawa Ieyasu’s dynasty of shoguns presided over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan, including the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization. To guard against external influence, they also worked to close off Japanese society from Westernizing influences, particularly Christianity. But when the Tokugawa shogunate grew increasingly weak by the mid-19th century, two clans joined forces in early 1868 to seize power. Key concept 4.3

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