Tokugawa shogunate
1603–1868 Japanese military government
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Summary
Tokugawa shogunate is a shogunate[1]. It draws 24,314 Wikipedia views per month (shogunate category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Buddhism[3], Shinto[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Musashi Province[5]
- Country: Japan[6]
- Continent: Asia[7]
- Instance of: historical country[8], government agency[9]
- Head of state: Tokugawa Ieyasu[10], Tokugawa Hidetada[11]
- Capital: Edo[12]
- Official language: Early Modern Japanese[13]
- Currency: Tokugawa coinage[14], ryō[15]
- Founder: Tokugawa Ieyasu[16]
- Basic form of government: hereditary monarchy[17]
- Named after: Tokugawa clan[18], Edo[19]
- Headquarters location: Edo Castle[20]
- Commons category: Tokugawa shogunate[21]
- Inception: March 24, 1603[22]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: November 9, 1867[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tokugawa shogunate[24]
- Commons gallery: 江戸幕府[25]
- Replaces: Toyotomi government[26]
- Replaced by: Government of Meiji Japan[27], Empire of Japan[28]
- Native label: 江戸幕府[29], 徳川幕府[30]
- Time period: Edo period[31]
- Position held by head of the organization: Tokugawa shogun[32]
- Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Tokyo[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
Why It Matters
Tokugawa shogunate has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 112 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]