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Tokugawa Ieyasu was given the title of Shogun
In 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu is given the title of Shogun -
Ieyasu makes his son Hidetada take his place as Shogun
Hidetada is made Shogun and Ieyasu becomes a retired shogun -
Shogun's retainers and residents of Tokugawa land are ordered to forswear Christianity
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Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats Toyotomi clan in battle
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Foreign trade to Hirado and Nagasaki is restricted
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Ieyasu's granddaughter is made an imperial consort
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Japanese people banned from leaving and banned from re-entering
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The Shimabara Rebellion
unhappy peasants and catholic samurai rebel against bakufu, Dutch ships are called in to bombard them ending the Christian movement -
Haruno makes the first full colour Nishiki-e prints
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Naval commander Commodore Matthew C. Perry demands trade for the U.S. with Japan