Complex sentence: The Tokugawa shogunate selected Edo as the capital city (seat of government) and commonly resided there, but Kyoto continued to be home to the Imperial Court; the residence of the Japanese imperial family during the Edo Period was located west of Nijo Castle.
Split into simpler sentences: The Tokugawa shogunate selected Edo as the capital city (seat of government) and commonly resided there, but Kyoto continued to be home to the Imperial Court. Kyoto Imperial Palace, the residence of the Japanese imperial family during the Edo Period, was located west of Nijo Castle.