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The practice continued into the time of the Tokugawa shogunate, when Iyeyasu made laws to check it.— Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation
From the accession of the Minamoto to power the history of the shogunate--the long history of the military supremacy--really begins; Japan thereafter, down to the present era of Meiji, having really two Emperors: [268] the Heavenly Sovereign, or Deity Incarnate, representing the religion of the race; and the veritable Imperator, who wielded all the powers of the administration.— Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation
Nevertheless the Hojo suffered the phantom-shogunate to linger on, until 1333.— Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation
The counsels [279] of the founder of Yedo were followed by his successors; and the Tokugawa shogunate, which lasted until 1867, gave the country fifteen military sovereigns.— Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation
In 1664 the shogunate issued an edict proclaiming that the family of any person performing junshi should be punished; and the shogunate was in earnest.— Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation

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