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Also Known As shōgunshoku • bakufu

Did You Know?

  • Samurai took up the sword as their symbol under the shogunate.
  • The later shoguns closed Japan to the West, especially to Christianity.
  • Japan urbanized and its merchant class grew under the shogunate despite restrictions on class mobility.

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Statue of Tokugawa Ieyasu in ornate robes holding a bow, with arrows on his back, at the Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko, Japan.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
shogun of Japan
Minamoto Yoritomo
Minamoto Yoritomo
Japanese leader
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Japanese warrior
Ashikaga Takauji
Ashikaga Takauji
Japanese shogun
Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
shogun of Japan
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Hōjō Yasutoki
Japanese regent
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Fujita Tōko
Japanese politician
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Tokugawa Hidetada
shogun of Japan
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Hōjō Yoshitoki
Japanese regent