The family came into being in 1566 when Ieyasu changed his surname to Tokugawa from Matsudaira. The Edo Period marked the family’s heyday. After the Tokugawa Shogunate was toppled and imperial ...

The Tokugawa tomb was built by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun in his dynasty, in 1643. The mausoleum enshrines Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Hidetada, and is designated as a national cultural ...