Life of a Samurai during the Edo period By cybermonkey 1603 Tokugawa Leyasu appoints himself shogun Period: 1603 to 1868 Tokugawa (or Edo) Period 1616 Tokugawa Ieyasu dies 1633 The Sakoku policy is introduced 1635 Kano Sanraku dies 1868 The power is given back to the imperial family