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The Summer Battle of Osaka, where Sanada Yukimura fought to the death, marked the beginning of the demise of the Toyotomi clan. Tokugawa Ieyasu, who deservedly held the power of the world, promulgated the laws of the samurai, forbidden and public families in the same year, thereby establishing his dominance among the daimyo and the imperial court throughout the country. After Ieyasu died in 1616 the following year, Hidetada and Iemitsu continued to strengthen the shogunate politics and gradually established the Laochu system as the basis of the political power. As a result, even if the shogun was bedridden, government affairs could be carried out without hindrance. This book is a masterpiece that clearly analyzes the power of the Edo shogunate that lasted for more than 260 years.