Tokugawa won, eliminating his opponents, becoming Shogun, and taking over the bakufu (military government). Japan now only had one government. Tokugawa’s victory ended the Sengoku Era ...

The Tokugawa Bakufu strictly controlled who could travel, especially to and from Edo, now Tokyo. To help keep control, the Bakufu built checkpoints, or “sekisho,” along the road to check ...

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.

Also students will benefit from gaining some prior understanding of the East Asian tributary system, unification in Japan, and Tokugawa changes to political and social order such as local to ...