However, what Ieyasu did was only to show that the shogunship was hereditary in the Tokugawa clan afterwards to daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) and the Imperial court, and he also retained the real power of politics until he died, just like Nobunaga did.
ただし、これは将軍職が以後は徳川氏によって世襲されるものであるということを諸大名や朝廷に知らしめるために行なわれただけであり、家康も信長と同じく、死ぬまで政治の実権は握り続けていた。