Edo shogunate江戸幕府 徳川幕府alternative words: Edo bakufu, Edobakufu, Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa bakufu keywords: office , shogun related topics: Edo period , Shogunate , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Tokugawa Yoshinobu , Roju , Sakoku , Gosanke , Tokugawashi related web sites: http://www2.cnet.ne.jp/ahgama/ explanation: Shogunate beginning with the nomination of Tokugawa Ieyasu to shogun in 1603 and ending with a return back of this title by the 15th shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The shogunate office is at Edo, actual Tokyo. Contrary to other shogunates, the regime was very stable because the important functions like Roju and Bugyo were hold simultaneously by several persons. Moreover each seigniors had to let live his wife and heir at Edo as hostages. | |