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Tokugawa destroyed the Toyotomi regime.
The Tokugawa regime was established by it.

The person who put an end to the Warring States period.
It was "Toyotomi Hideyoshi". (豊臣秀吉)

He seems to have been a person very attractive when he was young.
But after becoming the king of Japan, he became very arrogant.

His later years，he had many tyranny.
Public feeling was separated from the Toyotomi regime for that.
　
Behavior of his later years.
It may be similar to Zhou of last king of Yin kingdom of China.
(to the personality of Zhou to be handed down today.)
　
Incidentally.　
”Zhou” of last king of Yin kingdom is ”紂” in Chinese characters.
”Zhou” kingdom is ”周” in Chinese characters.
　

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At that time "Tokugawa Ieyasu" was the movers and shakers of the second in Japan. (徳川家康)
Immediately after Hideyoshi death，he rallied the various lords and destroyed the Toyotomi regime.
　
Zhou kingdom rallied the various lords.
They destroyed Yin kingdom.
This also may be similar.
　
Tokugawa regime attached great importance to Confucianism from the beginning.
　
"We build a peaceful era."
　
Ieyasu might have been trying to model the Duke of Zhou.
Because the Emperor was present in Japan.
Equivalent to Zhou king for the Duke of Zhou.　　

"Gen'na Enbu". (元和偃武)
　
After destroyed the Toyotomi，Ieyasu declared so.
　
Gen'na is the name of an era of Japan at that time. (元和)
　
"After this we don't need weapons.”
Although this is a free translation,meaning of Enbu is such. (偃武)　
　

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Last shōgun (king of samurai) named "Tokugawa Yoshinobu". (徳川慶喜)
In 1867, he returned the helm of politics to the emperor.
The biggest reason of success of the Meiji Restoration would be this his act.
　
This called "Taisei Hōkan" at Japan. (大政奉還)　
　
By the way，the Duke of Zhou returned the helm of politics to the king of Zhou who has grown.　
This episode seems to have been originally called taisei hōkan.
　
"Ieyasu did not do so on dominate Japan in self-interest.
It was in order to create a peaceful society.
Successive shōgun has also been in the footsteps that intention.
I also have to act along that intention."

Before Yoshinobu return the regime,he said so.
　
"Essence of politics of the Tokugawa regime is politics of the Duke of Zhou."
He may have wanted to prove it.