On #ThisDayInHistory in 1867, the last #Tokugawa #shōgun resigned. The #Bakufu system of military governance had dominated #Japan since 1185, with the imperial house largely powerless. The #Shogunate's end opened the way to the #MeijiRestoration and Japan's #DefensiveDevelopment.

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#TokugawaIeyasu received the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yōzei #OnThisDay in 1603, establishing the Tokugawa #bakufu (shogunate), which would rule #Japan until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, which would begin the modernization of the country...

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