But the Tokugawa warlords, the shoguns, went much further.

但德川阀 做得远不止这些。

He was also said the shoguns breed these Akita for combat and hunting.

他豢养秋田犬作为犬和猎犬。

The true power was held by the shogun because he had command over the military.

真正权力掌握在手中，因为他手握兵权。

And the shogun exerted his power throughout the land with the help of 300 feudal lords called daimyo.

在300位被称为“大名(日本封建时代大领主)”封建领主帮助下在全国范围内行使权力。

The sword known as the Honjo Masamune represented the shogun in Japan during their most powerful period.

被称为本庄正宗剑代表了日本最强大时期。

From the Egyptian pharaohs to the shoguns of Japan.

从埃及法老到日本。

The tea house originally built in was used by shoguns and imperial court nobles who enjoyed the view and the relaxed atmosphere.

最初建造茶馆是供和朝廷贵族使用，他们喜欢这里景色和轻松氛围。

Facing annihilation, the shoguns entire wealth was buried in six huge caskets 76 meters beneath the earth.

面对毁灭，全部财富被埋在地下 76 米六个巨大棺材中。

For several months at a time, every feudal lord took his family and his retainers and went to live in Edo where he served the shogun directly.

一连好几个月，每个封建领主都要带着家人和侍从去江户居住，在那里直接侍奉。

Although he deserved it, Kira was still a powerful official of the shogun, not to mention that any kind of violence was forbidden at Edo Castle.

虽然Kira罪有应得，但他仍是一个有权有势官员，更不用江户城禁止任何形式暴力。

The Tokugawa shogun, head of the Japanese military government, requires all the regional rulers to alternate years between their castle town in the home domain and the capital city.

日本武家政最高领导者徳川要求所有地区领主轮流往返领地与首执行政务，进行 “参勤交代”。

It's said that the shoguns who had ruled Japan for hundreds of years knew that their empire was about to fall and be replaced by the Japanese emperor.

据，统治日本数百年都知道，他们帝国即没落，取而代之是日本天皇。

Edo, as Tokyo was first known, grew only when the Tokugawa shoguns chose it as their seat of power after consolidating control of Japan at the start of the 17th century.

17 世纪初德川巩固对日本控制后，江户作为东京最初名称，只有在德川选择它作为他们权力中心时才开始发展。

His family (and, most importantly, his heir) stayed in Edo whenever the daimyo left to look after his fiefdom and they were basically hostages of the shogun to ensure that the lord behaved himself.

无论大名何时离开江户，他家人(最重要是，他继承人)都会留在江户，可以就是人质，以此来约束领主行为。