January 22, 1913. Tokyo, Japan. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, original name Tokugawa Keiki (born Oct. 28, 1837, Edo, Japan—died Jan. 22, 1913, Tokyo) the last Tokugawa shogun of Japan, who helped make the Meiji Restoration (1868)—the overthrow of the shogunate and restoration of power to the emperor—a relatively peaceful transition.