In November of the year, Yoshinobu carried out "Taisei Hokan" (the return of political power to the Emperor), which brought the curtain down on the history of the Edo bakufu that lasted as long as about 270 years.
同年10月、慶喜は大政奉還を行い、江戸幕府は270年に及ぶ歴史に幕を降ろした。