The tomb of Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837–1913), 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. While most Tokugawa shoguns were interred at Zojoji (Jodo sect) or Kan'eiji (Tendai sect), Yoshinobu himself wished for a Shinto-style funeral out of respect for the Meiji Emperor. His tomb in Yanaka Cemetery was built as a circular earthen mound (enpun), ringed with a tamagaki fence and marked with a Shint…

Tokugawa Yoshinobu was born in 1837 into the Mito Tokugawa branch family and became the 15th shogun of the Edo shogunate in 1866. In 1867 he carried out the Taisei Hokan — the restoration of imperial rule — and in 1868 oversaw the bloodless surrender of Edo Castle, bringing the 260-year Tokugawa era…