The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan. 29 to formally anoint its first new head in more than half a century.

Tokugawa won, eliminating his opponents ... The failed 1637 Shimabara Rebellion effectively ended Christianity in the Empire until 1873. Next, the Bakufu subsequently enacted sakoku, or ...

When a daimyo died, these warriors became "ronin," masterless samurai. After Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun in 1603, samurai military services were no longer required, and many ronin wandered the ...