-
The battle of sekigahara gives Tokugawa Ieyasu power over most of the Daimyo.
-
Tokugawa Ieyasu makes Edo the capital of Japan.
-
Tokugawa Ieyasu takes the role of Shogun.
-
Tokugawa Ieyasu resigns from his position as shogun and his place is taken over by his son Hidetada
-
A trading post in HIrado begins Dutch trading.
-
Shogunate issues aim at restricting Christianity.
-
Tokugawa Ieyasu dies .
-
The Yoshiwara first opened in Edo, holding up to 2000-3000 people at a time. The women were usually from poor familys, sold inot the life of a prostitute.
-
Trade from the Europeans is limited to Nagasaki and Hirado ports.
-
Tokugawa Iemitsu takes the role of Shogun.
-
Women are banned from the kabuki stage.Many of the women performing were probably thought to be prostitutes, therefore they were thought ot be disturbing discipline.
-
Tokugawa Iemitsu makes the system of mandatory alternate residence ("sankin kotai") in Edo. Each daimyo would have to spend a couple months each year in Edo and when he left he would leave his wife and children behind, which ensured that the Daimyo were still comitted to their shogunate.
-
Shimabara Uprising, this was caused by the taked being drastically raised, making the peasants angry.
-
Tokugawa Iemitsu comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ietsuna comes into power
-
Since the Women were banned from the Kabuki stage due to disturbing discipline, Young beautiful men took their places, playing female roles. Except the men were banned only 23 years later for the same reason.
-
The origional Yoshiwara built in Edo is burned down and a new one is opened outside of Edo
-
Meireki fire destroyed 60-70% of the city and killed 100.000 people. The fire was legendarily said to have been started by a priest who was cremating a cursed kimono.
-
Tokugawa Ietsuna comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi comes into power
-
Beginning of the Genroku era, The art of Kabuki and bunraku were known to be culturally flowering.
-
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ienobu comes into power.
-
Tokugawa Ienobu comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ietsugu comes into power
-
Tokugawa Ietsugu comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Yoshimune comes into power
-
Tokugawa Yoshimune comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ieshige comes into power
-
Tokugawa Ieshige
-
Edo reaches the population of 1 million people.
-
Tokugawa Ieshige comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ieharu comes into power
-
Tokugawa Ieharu comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ienari comes into power
-
Matsudaira Sadanobu takes position of senior shogunal coucellor.
-
Shogunate gains control over the south of edo
-
Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov seeks trade with Japan, but is unsuccesful.
-
Tokugawa Yoshinobo resigns from the role of Shogun.
-
Tempo Famine
-
Peasant uprising against merchants and officials in Osaka.
-
Tokugawa Ienari comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Ieyoshi comes into power
-
Japan declines british and French requests for a commercial relationship.
-
Greater attention to coastal security is put into place as more foreign ships come to the territorial waters of Japan.
-
Tokugawa Ieyoshi comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Iesada comes into power
-
Tokugawa Iemochi comes into power
-
Tokugawa Iesada comes out of power
-
Tokugawa Yoshinobu comes into power
-
Tokugawa Iemochi comes out of power
-
The last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu returns political authority to Mutsuhito, who cnahges the name of the era to Mejji
-
Tokugawa Yoshinobu comes out of power
-
The start of the boshin war.
-
The end of the boshin war results in the end of the Tokugawa period.
