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The Edo Period, also known as the Tokugawa Period, was the period in time in which the Tokugawa Shogunate controlled Japan. This period lasted roughly from 1603-1868. It began with the coming to power of Tokugawa Ieyasu and ended with the Meiji Restoration.
Ieyasu Tokugawa was invested as Shogun on the 2nd of December, 1603, following the Battle of Sekigahara during which all opposition was crushed. He died on the 1st of June, 1616, at the age of 74.
The shoguns lasted for about 265 years , from 1603 to 1868
The Tokugawa was approximately 250 years of peace and prosperity for the Japanese people. It dated from the 1600s to about 1868.Tokugawa Ieyasu was Hideyoshi's successor in 1600. He claimed the title of shogun and set up the Tokugawa shogunate which lasted until 1868.
The Tokugawa shogunate was the last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 1868. The Tokugawa shogunate set up a strict caste system and taxed the poor at a fixed amount. This led to a series of rebellions involving samurais and peasants.