Tokugawa Shogunate


 * Ended in 1868 by the Meiji Restoration
 * Founded by Ieyasu
 * Solidified efforts of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi
 * The Shimbara Rebellion triggered the policy of sakoku, or seclusion
 * Ended with the Black Ships of Commodore Matthew Perry
 * Local lords were forced to rotate residency between home and capital in the sankin-kotai system
 * Inspectors called metsuke battled corruption during this period
 * The HMS Phaeton and Nikolai Rezanov's Nadezhda visited the island of Dejima during this period
 * Saw the beginning of "Dutch Learning"