In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, bakufu (shogunate) ended its seclusion policy and opened the country to the world, and along with the extension of the authority of the Imperial court, reconciliation between the Imperial court and shogunate was promoted.
幕末には幕府は鎖国政策を改めて開国し、朝廷権威も伸長して公武合体路線が進められる。