to unfold; to unroll; to open
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
three generations; three periods; third generation
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
system; institution; organization; organisation
various countries; various regions; various provinces
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
pressure; oppression; suppression
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness