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Tokugawa Yoshinobu: Japan’s Last Shōgun

An 1870 woodblock print of Tokugawa Yoshinobu on his horse organizing the defense of Osaka Castle.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu, born Matsudaira Shichirōma on October 28, 1837, in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), was the 15th and final shōgun of Japan, marking the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the transformative Meiji Restoration. His life and decisions…