Under the political structure of the Edo bakufu, it is considered that the country was ruled by the shogun himself during the rules of the first shogun, Ieyasu TOKUGAWA, the second shogun, Hidetada TOKUGAWA, the third shogun, Iemitsu TOKUGAWA, the fifth shogun, Tsunayoshi TOKUGAWA, the eighth shogun, Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, and the eleventh shogun, Ienari TOKUGAWA,
政治機構内においては初代徳川家康と二代徳川秀忠、三代徳川家光、五代徳川綱吉、八代徳川吉宗、十一代徳川家斉の治世は征夷大将軍親政で政治が行なわれた。