# Tokugawa shogunate is established (1603)

URL: https://history-japan.com/timeline/1603-tokugawa-shogunate-is-established
Location: Japan
Categories: ruler-change

Ieyasu received the shōgun title and established a military government based at Edo. Tokugawa authority worked through domains governed by daimyō rather than a uniformly centralized bureaucracy. The emperor and court remained in Kyoto.

Ruler at the time: [Tokugawa Ieyasu](https://history-japan.com/rulers/tokugawa-ieyasu)

## Sources
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate)