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).
Isolated from the world
The leading government of Japan for most of the Edo Period was the Tokugawa Bakufu, or Shogunate. This was a military government. However, the Edo Period also saw what is known as the Bakuhan system of government. This basically meant that the rule was shared between the Bakufu and the local hans.
Imperial restoration. Power was giving back to the Emperor, ending a centuries old government known as the "bakuhan" system.
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).
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).
Isolated from the world
The leading government of Japan for most of the Edo Period was the Tokugawa Bakufu, or Shogunate. This was a military government. However, the Edo Period also saw what is known as the Bakuhan system of government. This basically meant that the rule was shared between the Bakufu and the local hans.