Taisei Hōkan (大政奉還 (たいせいほうかん) refers to the formal return of political authority from the 15th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, to the Emperor Meiji on Keiō 3, 14th day of the 10th month, 1867 (November 9, 1867 in the Gregorian calendar). The next day (November 10), the Emperor accepted Yoshinobu's petition (奏上, sōjō) via imperial sanction (勅許, chokyo).
Taisei Hōkan (大政奉還 (たいせいほうかん) refers to the formal return of political authority from the 15th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, to the Emperor Meiji on Keiō 3, 14th day of the 10th month, 1867 (November 9, 1867 in the Gregorian calendar). The next day (November 10), the Emperor accepted Yoshinobu's petition (奏上, sōjō) via imperial sanction (勅許, chokyo).
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