Tokugawa
Americannoun
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a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.
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a period of Japanese history under the rule of Tokugawa shoguns, characterized by a samurai ruling class, urbanization, and the growth of a merchant class.
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He became a prolific presence in Japanese film and television, eventually even playing Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man on whom his “Shōgun” character is based, in the 1992 TV production “Oda Nobunaga.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024
It took 100 years of battles to create a cohesive central government known as the Tokugawa Shogunate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
In 1868, fearing a repeat of China's fate at the hands of Western imperialists, reformers overthrew the military dictatorship of the Tokugawa Shogunate and set Japan on a course of high-speed industrialisation.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023
To consolidate power, Tokugawa Ieyasu rewarded loyal daimyos with gifts of land.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
By an Imperial grace, a member of a lateral branch of the Tokugawa was ordered to succeed the ex-Shogun as daimyo, and made the hereditary lord of Suruga.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Hara, Katsuro
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