Late Tokugawa shogunate
The late Tokugawa shogunate or last shogun (幕末; Bakumatsu) is the period between 1853 and 1867 during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and modernized from a feudal shogunate to the Meiji government. It is at end of Edo period and preceeded by Meiji era.
Well-known figures in this time include:
- Ohmura Masujiro
- Sakamoto Ryoma
- Takasugi Shinsaku
- Yoshida Shoin
- Katsura Kogoro
- Nomura Motoni
- Hayashi Daigaku no kami (Lord Rector, Confucianist)
- Ido Tsushima no kami (Gov. of Yedo, former Gov. of Nagasaki)
- Izawa Mimasaka no kami (Gov. of Uraga, former Gov of Nagasaki)
