Tokugawa

[ taw-koo-gah-wah ]

/ ˈtɔ kʊˈgɑ wɑ /

noun

a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867.

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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Its population of more than a million, including Literature of the Tokugawa Era.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 |Various
Lieutenant Tokugawa Nariaki was an average-sized, sleepy-looking individual with a balding crew cut and a morose expression.

Unwise Child |Gordon Randall Garrett
This close relationship with the imperial family naturally increased the prestige of the Tokugawa.

Japan |Various
Looking back in general at the changes in the mode of fighting, the latter days of the Tokugawa rgime was the great epoch.

A Fantasy of Far Japan |Baron Kencho Suyematsu

Above them all towered Tokugawa Iyeyasu, for his influence was superior even to that of the Toyotomi family.

Japan |Various

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Tokugawa

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