The 15th shogun, Yoshinobu TOKUGAWA carried out Taisei Hokan (the policy of returning power to the emperor) in 1867, and Bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) was overthrown, and then the Meiji government was established in compliance with the Restoration of Imperial Rule. |
江戸時代後期の1867年に15代将軍の徳川慶喜が大政奉還を行い幕府が解体され、王政復古 (日本)により明治政府が成立する。 |