The Kii, Mito, and Owari houses were formed to provide heirs, and later branch families included Hitotsubashi, Shimizu, and Tayasu.  
Msuii's Story docouments the tax troubles in this period, which did not account for inflation, in the strict caste system.  The Kii, Mito, and Owari houses were formed to provide heirs, and later branch families included Hitotsubashi, Shimizu, and Tayasu.  Iemitsu ended foreign contact during this period, causing a flourishing of the arts during its (*) Genroku period, and the feudal system during this period required daimyo to spend every other year in Edo.  Beginning after the battle of Sekigahara, for 10 points, name this shogunate founded by Ieyasu and ended by the Meiji Restoration.
Msuii's Story docouments the tax troubles in this period, which did not account for inflation, in the strict caste system.  
{Tokugawa} Shogunate [prompt on "Edo bakufa" before Edo is mentioned]