Tokugawa Ieyasu Named Shogun

March 24, 1603

The emperor in Kyoto formally conferred the title of sei-i taishogun on the victor of Sekigahara. Ieyasu moved his administrative capital to a swampy fishing village on the eastern plains called Edo and began laying out the castle-town that would one day be Tokyo. The dynasty he founded would govern Japan in near-total peace for over two and a half centuries.