1 jan 1867 ano - Tokugawa Yoshinobu Becomes 15th Shogun

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Yoshinobu became the 15th and last shogun at age 30. His father, Tokugawa Nariaki, was an advisor to an earlier shogun and arranged to have Yoshinobu (then known as Keiki) adopted into a branch of the Tokugawa family in line for shogunal succession. Yoshinobu was educated as a scholar and he brought strong leadership skills and reforms to the Shogunate during the tumultuous years following the Japan's opening to the west. During his tenure, civil war erupted between those daimyo that wanted the Tokugawa family to remain in power and those who favored the emperor. After sustaining huge losses, Yoshinobu resigned his position of Shogun in the interest of uniting Japan. He spent his last years as an amateur photographer.

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