The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.

Sashimono's influence can even be seen in large-scale architecture. For instance, the Horyu-ji temple in Nara Prefecture was built with wooden joinery 1,300 years ago and remains standing today.

Sashimono's influence can even be seen in large-scale architecture. For instance, the Horyu-ji temple in Nara Prefecture was built with wooden joinery 1,300 years ago and remains standing today.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was not a young man when he became shogun in 1603. His rise to power was long and slow, a journey that had begun when he was just 15 years old.

The Tokugawas wield no formal political power now. (Mr Tokugawa ran for a Diet seat with a liberal opposition party in 2019, but lost.) The 19th shogun’s main role is to shepherd the family legacy.

JAPAN: Tokugawa. 2 minute read. TIME. November 10, 1930 12:00 AM GMT-5. A small round man with a large round face the color of old bronze landed in Manhattan last week from the 23-year-old Mauretania.

Here's a beguiling irony: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98), architect of Tokugawa Japan's rigid class structure and the author, in 1587, of a firm ban (not firmly enforced) on surnames for commoners ...

In 'Studies in Intellectual History of Tokugawa Japan,' leading postwar political scientist Masao Maruyama chronicles the ideas and debates of scholars throughout the Edo Period (1603-1868).