Within months the last stronghold of Tokugawa power and prestige the Edo Castle fell to the coalition armies of Satsuma and Choshu who sported equipment borrowed from the Westerners they so hated. They formed individual governments on each of the islands of the archipelago. How Could The Japanese Succeed To Manage The Edo Period And No Wars Quora The emperor stood at the top then the shogun daimyo and samurai. . With peace restored many samurai became bureaucrats or took up a trade. In a brief civil war that followed the power of the Tokugawa clan was destroyed and an imperial army that included Choshu and Satsuma troops occupied the former shoguns capital Yedo. Tokugawas dynasty came to an abrupt end on 3 January 1868 when a group of samurai the warrior class staged a coup détat. Background Rise of Tokugawa Shogunate. At the bottom were the peasants merchants and artisans. Powerful landlords refused to pay their taxes or ...
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