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The Tokugawa shogunate was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. It organized Japanese society under the strict Tokugawa class system which banned most foreigners in order to promote political stability. The Tokugawa shoguns goverened Japan in a feudal system leading to rapid economic growth and urbanization. There existed a strict class hierarchy with lords at the top, samurai warrior-caste next with farmers, artisans and traders ranking below.