History glossary
Tokugawa order
the political and social order of Tokugawa Japan before the Meiji Restoration.
- Category
- Political order
- Region
- Japan
- Date range
- 1603-1868
What it means
The Tokugawa order was the system of shogunal rule, hereditary domains, social hierarchy and controlled foreign contact that governed Japan from the early seventeenth century until the Meiji Restoration dismantled it in 1868.
Stories using this term
Imperial Japan
From Meiji modernisation to colonial rule, militarism, mobilisation and defeat, Imperial Japan rose as a modern empire before collapsing in 1945.
The Meiji Restoration
From Tokugawa order to imperial restoration, conscription, industrialisation and military victory, the Meiji era transformed Japan into a modern imperial power.
