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TOKUGAWA

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 1047 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TOKUGAWA , the name of a See also:

Japanese See also:family which provided the ruling See also:dynasty of shoguns from 1603 until the revolution which restored the See also:power of the See also:mikado in 1867. The founder of this dynasty was Iyeyasu Tokugawa (1542–1616), a See also:great See also:general and consummate politician, who was connected by descent with the Minamoto See also:clan. The most famous of the subsequent shoguns was his See also:grandson Iyemitsu (from 1623 to 1650.

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