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This most faithful lieutenant of the Tokugawa clan distinguished himself by planting the cedar forest around the shoguns’ mausoleums at Nikko.
Built by Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1603 for his occasional, reluctant visits to Kyoto (under imperial command), the castle was taken over by the Emperor Meiji after the restoration of 1868.
The 20th century saw a stupendous release of energies that had been pent up for the 250 years of Tokugawa isolation.
In 1868 the Satsuma and Choshu clans, never a real threat to Tokugawa authority as long as they remained rivals, joined forces to overthrow the shogun and restore the authority of the emperor, the 14-year-old Mitsuhito.
North of the city center, Ueno was chosen in 1625 by the Tokugawa Shogun Hidetaka as the site of a vast temple complex.