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The 78 pages that link to Tokugawa shogunate, each with the reason it gives.

• Meiji RestorationNarrower topic: Its loss of authority created the political opening the restorationaries used to end shogunal rule.

• Boshin WarNarrower topic: Its overthrow was the war’s central political result.

• Toyotomi HideyoshiNarrower topic: The shogunate inherited a unified Japan after defeating the Toyotomi house.

• Itō HirobumiNarrower topic: Its fall opened the political transition through which Itō rose to national power.

• Meiji eraNarrower topic: Its collapse created the political opening for imperial restoration.

• EdoNarrower topic: Its rulers made Edo the seat of national government.

• Sankin-kōtaiNarrower topic: It imposed and administered the system to strengthen central authority.

• Tokugawa YoshinobuNarrower topic: Yoshinobu inherited this government during its final political crisis.

• BakumatsuNarrower topic: Bakumatsu names the closing years of this government.

• Chōshū DomainNarrower topic: Chōshū existed within this regime before helping bring it down.

• Katsu KaishūNarrower topic: Katsu’s naval service and political authority arose within this government.

• Iwakura MissionNarrower topic: Its fall created the new political order that dispatched the mission.

• Shimabara RebellionNarrower topic: Its forces suppressed the rebellion and shaped its aftermath.

• Siege of OsakaNarrower topic: The siege consolidated the shogunate’s authority against its last major domestic rival.

• Tokugawa HidetadaNarrower topic: Hidetada consolidated this government during its early decades.

• Azuchi–Momoyama periodNarrower topic: It inherited a largely unified country and built on political arrangements formed during this period.

• SeikanronNarrower topic: The debate unfolded as the new regime replaced institutions and foreign-policy assumptions inherited from Tokugawa rule.

• Emperor KōmeiNarrower topic: The shogunate retained executive power, forcing Kōmei’s court to negotiate rather than rule independently.

• Fukuzawa YukichiNarrower topic: Fukuzawa was born under this regime, before its fall reshaped Japan’s institutions.

• Himeji CastleNarrower topic: The shogunate’s early rule shaped Himeji’s role and later preservation.

• HimejiNarrower topic: Himeji became a strategically important domain center within the shogunate’s political order.

• Santō KyōdenNarrower topic: Its officials regulated publishing and imposed the penalties that constrained Kyōden’s work.

• Tokugawa IemochiNarrower topic: Iemochi’s reign was a late phase in this government’s struggle to survive political upheaval.

• AnseiNarrower topic: Its response to foreign pressure and domestic dissent shaped Ansei’s political crises.

• Hijikata ToshizōNarrower topic: The shogunate's weakening created the political crisis in which Hijikata's service began.

• Kaga no ChiyoNarrower topic: Its social order shaped the opportunities available to women writers such as Chiyo-ni.

• TenpōNarrower topic: Its officials governed through the Tenpō crises while the emperor’s court supplied the era name.

• History of TokyoNarrower topic: Its centuries of rule made Edo Japan’s administrative and economic center.

• Hon'inbō SansaNarrower topic: Its patronage transformed go from a courtly pursuit into an organized profession.

• Ryōtarō ShibaNarrower topic: Its decline provides the political background for Shiba’s stories of late-Edo reformers.

• Tanuma OkitsuguNarrower topic: Tanuma's offices and reform program belonged to this central government.

• TenmeiNarrower topic: Its policies and legitimacy were tested by Tenmei’s disasters and unrest.