who was the last shogun of japan
January 22, 1913. Tokyo, Japan. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, original name Tokugawa Keiki (born Oct. 28, 1837, Edo, Japanâdied Jan. 22, 1913, Tokyo) the last Tokugawa shogun of Japan, who helped make the Meiji Restoration (1868)âthe overthrow of the shogunate and restoration of power to the emperorâa relatively peaceful transition.