Meiji Restoration: Difference between revisions

The Tokugawa government focused on reestablishing order in social, political and international affairs after a century of warfare. The political structure, established by Ieyasu and solidified under his two immediate successors, his son Hidetada (who ruled from 1616-23) and grandson Iemitsu (1623-51), bound all daimyos to the shogunate and limited any individual daimyo from acquiring too much land or power.<ref>{{cite web|title=TOKUGAWA PERIOD AND MEIJI RESTORATION|url=http://www.history.com/topics/meiji-restoration|publisher=History.com|accessdate=2 March 2018}}</ref> The Tokugawa shogunate came to its official end on November 9, 1867, when [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the 15th Tokugawa ''[[shōgun]]'', "put his prerogatives at the Emperor's disposal" and resigned 10 days later.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Meiji-Restoration|title=Meiji Restoration {{!}} Definition, History, & Facts|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-08-21|language=en}}</ref> This was effectively the "restoration" (''Taisei Hōkan'') of imperial rule – although Yoshinobu still had significant influence and it was not until January 3, the following year, with the young Emperor's edict, that the restoration fully occurred.<ref>"One can date the 'restoration' of imperial rule from the edict of 3 January 1868." Jansen (2000), p. 334.</ref>