Tokyo
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...passed in 1590 to Ieyasu Tokugawa , founder of the Tokugawa line of shoguns, who made Edo the capital...assuming the title of shogun in 1603, the capital...remained at Kyoto. In Tokugawa times, the shoguns palace, encircled by...