Members of this family ruled Japan as Shoguns until 1867 and the rise of Emperor Meiji.
Ashikaga
Sakanoue
Taira
Tokugawa
Minamoto
The Tokugawa clan seized power in 1600, led by Tolugawa Ieyasu, the model for James Clavell’s Toranaga in his novel Shogun. Ieyasu, through a series of alliances and battles, became the strongest daimyo in Japan.