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Tokugawa Ieyasu was born in 1542, Mikawa Province, Japan and died in 1616. ... Ieyasu was made shogun in 1603 and he passed his shogunate onto his son which established the Tokugawa succession of shoguns.
Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Tokugawa Shogunate which lasted until 1868 and established trade monopolies that eventually led Japan into almost total isolation. ... The Tokugawa shoguns continued to rule Japan for over remarkable 250 years. ... It was eventually Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 and again in 1854 who forced the Tokugawa government to open a limited number of ports for international trade. ...
In 1867-68, the Tokugawa government fell because of heavy political pressure, and the power of Emperor Meiji was restored.
Approximate Word count = 490 Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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