Even given the overwhelming power of the shogun, however, the city did not develop a distinct culture at that stage.
The political situation was then thrown into turmoil by the untimely deaths of both the young shogun and the young emperor.
Moreover, paying their stipends was a heavy burden on the shogun or the local prince (daimyo).
At the top, there was the dualism between the ceremonial head of state, the emperor, and the military power-holder, the shogun.
Edo's past, however, was of little matter, because it was rebuilt into a metropolis literally through the tremendous in-uence of the shogun's presence there.
Kuge families planned to use marriage with the shogun family as a means to expand their own power base.
As an extreme case, the very institution of marriage disappeared for the daughters born into the households of emperors, princes, and shoguns in the fifteenth century.
The area had shrines dedicated to former shoguns in which ceremonies were conducted in memory of them and were held regularly.
