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| was the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan which ruled from the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. |
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| the former name of the Japanese capital Tokyo, and was the seat of power for the Tokugawa shogunate which ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868. |
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| literally, East Sea Route: one of the Five Routes of Japan during the Edo period. |
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| the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. |
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| meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. |
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| emerged as a way of life of the townspeople (Chōnin) during the Edo period. |
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The shogunate established a rigid class system.
Shi means Bushi, or Samurai.
No means farmers and peasants.
Ko means craftsmen.
Sho means merchants and shopkeepers. |
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| Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarian. |
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| "Enrich the country, strengthen the military" |
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