// Early modern period
Tokugawa Shogunate
- Period
- AD 1600 – AD 1869
- Duration
- approx. 269 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1865
- Area (max.)
- approx. 458,000 km²
Period and duration
Tokugawa Shogunate — according to the map data from AD 1600 to AD 1869, roughly 269 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Tokugawa Shogunate — greatest extent around AD 1865: the mapped borders then cover about 458,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1599)
- Warring States Japan
After
Neighbours around AD 1865
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Russian Empire
- British Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- British Colonial Empire
- Second French Empire
- Spanish Empire
- Netherlands
- Joseon
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1865 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Tokugawa Shogunate on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.