A was a samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan. Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate here. This was followed by feudal wars that culminated in military governments known as the Shogunate. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 led to the overthrow of the shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate granted Satsuma the islands in 1624. Discontent among the samurai proved decisive in ending the Kamakura shogunate. Christianity, banned by the Tokugawa shogunate, influenced many Meiji intellectuals. Japan was under the control of the Tokugawa shogunate, enforced by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Under Hideyoshi and the succeeding Tokugawa shogunate, Catholic Christianity was repressed and adherents were persecuted. Following the rise of the Tokugawa shogunate, the conscription of ashigaru fell into disuse. In 1868, the Tokugawa shogunate fell apart. The nascent Meiji state required a new military command for its operations against the shogunate. He also was installed officially as the heir to the Tokugawa shogunate. It was owned by the Tokugawa shogunate. The end of this period is specifically called the late Tokugawa shogunate.