Ieyasu tomó el título de shogún en 1603 y estableció el shogunato Tokugawa, que finalmente vio la unificación completa de Japón y disfrutó entonces de unos 250 años de paz.

A most remarkable diplomatic initiative, known as the Iwakura Mission, was launched. Senior Japanese diplomats voyaged around the world to establish new diplomatic relations with Europe and the United States and to study best practices abroad as the basis for Japanese reforms in many key areas, including the structure of government, central

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