The Tokugawa shogunate (徳川幕府 Tokugawa bakufu?, 1603—1868), or Edo bakufu, was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city of Edo, now Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo castle until the Meiji Restoration. See Late Tokugawa shogunate for details.