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Tokugawa takwes power
The battle of sekigahara gives Tokugawa Ieyasu power over most of the Daimyo. -
Edo is capital
Tokugawa Ieyasu makes Edo the capital of Japan. -
Tokugawa becomes shogun
Tokugawa Ieyasu takes the role of Shogun. -
Ieyasu resigns
Tokugawa Ieyasu resigns from his position as shogun and his place is taken over by his son Hidetada -
Dutch trade
A trading post in HIrado begins Dutch trading. -
Restricting Christianity
Shogunate issues aim at restricting Christianity. -
Tokugawa Ieyasu dies
Tokugawa Ieyasu dies . -
Yoshiwara first opened
The Yoshiwara first opened in Edo, holding up to 2000-3000 people at a time. The women were usually from poor familys, sold inot the life of a prostitute. -
Trade limited
Trade from the Europeans is limited to Nagasaki and Hirado ports. -
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu takes the role of Shogun. -
Women banned from stage
Women are banned from the kabuki stage.Many of the women performing were probably thought to be prostitutes, therefore they were thought ot be disturbing discipline. -
Mandatory alternate residence.
Tokugawa Iemitsu makes the system of mandatory alternate residence ("sankin kotai") in Edo. Each daimyo would have to spend a couple months each year in Edo and when he left he would leave his wife and children behind, which ensured that the Daimyo were still comitted to their shogunate. -
Shimabara uprising
Shimabara Uprising, this was caused by the taked being drastically raised, making the peasants angry. -
Tokugawa Iemitsu
Tokugawa Iemitsu comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Ietsuna comes into power -
Young men banned
Since the Women were banned from the Kabuki stage due to disturbing discipline, Young beautiful men took their places, playing female roles. Except the men were banned only 23 years later for the same reason. -
Yoshiwara burnt
The origional Yoshiwara built in Edo is burned down and a new one is opened outside of Edo -
Meireki fire in Edo
Meireki fire destroyed 60-70% of the city and killed 100.000 people. The fire was legendarily said to have been started by a priest who was cremating a cursed kimono. -
Tokugawa Ietsuna
Tokugawa Ietsuna comes out of power -
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi comes into power -
Genroku era
Beginning of the Genroku era, The art of Kabuki and bunraku were known to be culturally flowering. -
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ienobu
Tokugawa Ienobu comes into power. -
Tokugawa Ienobu
Tokugawa Ienobu comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ietsugu
Tokugawa Ietsugu comes into power -
Tokugawa Ietsugu
Tokugawa Ietsugu comes out of power -
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Tokugawa Yoshimune comes into power -
Tokugawa Yoshimune
Tokugawa Yoshimune comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ieshige comes into power -
Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ieshige -
Population of 1 million
Edo reaches the population of 1 million people. -
Tokugawa Ieshige
Tokugawa Ieshige comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ieharu
Tokugawa Ieharu comes into power -
Tokugawa Ieharu
Tokugawa Ieharu comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ienari
Tokugawa Ienari comes into power -
Matsudaira Sadanobu
Matsudaira Sadanobu takes position of senior shogunal coucellor. -
Control over southern Edo
Shogunate gains control over the south of edo -
Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov
Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov seeks trade with Japan, but is unsuccesful. -
Yoshinoba resigns
Tokugawa Yoshinobo resigns from the role of Shogun. -
Tempo Famine
Tempo Famine -
Peasant uprising
Peasant uprising against merchants and officials in Osaka. -
Tokugawa Ienari
Tokugawa Ienari comes out of power -
Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyoshi comes into power -
Declining requests
Japan declines british and French requests for a commercial relationship. -
Foreign ships.
Greater attention to coastal security is put into place as more foreign ships come to the territorial waters of Japan. -
Tokugawa Ieyoshi
Tokugawa Ieyoshi comes out of power -
Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa Iesada comes into power -
Tokugawa Iemochi
Tokugawa Iemochi comes into power -
Tokugawa Iesada
Tokugawa Iesada comes out of power -
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu comes into power -
Tokugawa Iemochi
Tokugawa Iemochi comes out of power -
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
The last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu returns political authority to Mutsuhito, who cnahges the name of the era to Mejji -
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu comes out of power -
Boshin war
The start of the boshin war. -
End of the Boshin war.
The end of the boshin war results in the end of the Tokugawa period.
