Tokugawa Shogunate (Hail The Shogun)

The Tokugawa Shogunate also known as the Tokugawa Bakufu  ( 徳川幕府 ) or the Edo Bakufu, was a feudal, military regime that controlled Japan from it's founding in 1603 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, to it being abollished after Japans victory in World War 2 and the Treaty of Kyoto (1953).

History
During and after the "warring states" Sengoku period, the control of central government turned to Oda Nobunaga during the Azuchi-Momoyama period. This fell follwing Tokugawa Ieyasu's victory during the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1603, Ieyasu took the title of Shogun, and took up ultimate control of the government of Japan.

Following numerous attempts of trade, both successfull and not, Tokugawa Iemitsu issued the "Sakoku Edict of 1635", which secluded Japan from the outside world (except Korea, and the Dutch from the enclaves of Nagasaki).