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Establishment of the Edo Shogunate System

Type Event Region Japan Time 1603–1605

After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in 1603, he made Edo Castle his political center, integrated the warrior dominance network formed since Sekigahar…

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  1. 1603Edo Castle · EdoAfter taking office as shogun, Ieyasu concentrated the standing administrative organs of the sei-i taishōgun in Edo Castle. The shogunate's Gosho-bugyō and Hyōjō-sho began operating routinely, and Edo replaced Kyoto as the de facto capital of the warrior government.
  2. 1603–1605All of Japan · JapanThe shogunate reorganized daimyo domains by categories such as shinpan, fudai, and tozama, expanded the tenryō under direct shogunal control, and began regulating temples, shrines, and urban management, laying the foundation for later sankin-kōtai and the han system.

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