actual power was held by the shogun
There are several shogun with the family name of Tokugawa. It was a long line of military leaders that ruled Japan for centuries. If you are referring to the actual birth date of the first Tokugawa Shogun, Ieyasu, it would be 1543. If you are referring to the date the Tokugawa Bakufu, or Shogunate, was established, it would be 1603.
The role of the shogun was to take of a province and protect the emporer.
The Shogun of the Tokugawa Bakufu lived in Edo Castle.
Tokugawa was not a religion. The Tokugawa was a family dynasty of shoguns commencing with Ieyasu Tokugawa being invested as Shogun on the 2nd of December, 1603.
Tokugawa Ieyoshi
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A bakufu, or Shogunate. This was a military-led government run by a Shogun. Towards the end of the Edo (Tokugawa) period, Japan was controlled by what is known as a Bakuhan system. This meant that there was dual power held by the national government (the BAKUfu) and the local domainal governments (the HANs).
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Minamoto Yoritomo. (Remember that Minamoto is the surname; in Japan they say the surname first.)
A shogunate, or bakufu, is a military dictatorship. The Shogun is the head of the government. How this government actually governed really depends on which period of the Tokugawa Bakufu you are referring to. Towards the end of the period, there was a Bakuhan system established. This basically meant that the national government (the bakufu) shared power with the individuals provinces (hans).