The Decree for the Restoration of Imperial Rule on December 9, 1867 finalised the resignation of Yoshinobu as shogun and the abolishment of the bakufu, thus the Edo bakufu came to an end (although some say the end of the Edo bakufu was the time of the surrender of Edo Castle in 1868).
後の慶応3年12月9日の王政復古の大号令において慶喜の将軍辞職と幕府の廃止が決定、江戸幕府は幕を閉じた（1868年の江戸開城の時とする見解もある）。