The ruling power was relinquished by Yoshinobu (formerly Keiki) TOKUGAWA, who had become the 15th Shogun but the anti-Shogunate movement became more dominant with the restoration of Imperial rule and the establishment of the national political council held at Kogosho in Kyoto.
15代将軍となった慶喜により大政奉還が行われるが、王政復古(日本)、小御所会議を経て討幕運動が主流となる。