The Fall of the Edo {Short Event/Bio}

The Fall of the Edo Empire

By 1740 the Tokugawa Shogunate had managed to conquer much of Japan, and on 1746 they have proclaimed the Edo Empire. This powerful nation had managed to take over all the smaller bickering Japanese states and united the island(s) under one banner.

But by 1780, after the death of their previous emperor, infighting started over the throne of the emperor, and it caused a devastating civil war. On 1783, the Shogunate of Hokkaido, the last remaining clan not united under the Edo banner attacked the weakening Edo Empire. Although they did not make it far, they devasted much of the enemy forces and caused the Edo Empire to collapse.

Many states formed in replacement, in fact, many more than were previously incorporated, with Hokkaido splitting in two itself not long after. These events reduced Japan back to nothing more than a bunch of bickering states.