Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Katsu Kaishu (勝 海舟 1823-99) is a stateman in Japan in the late shogunate period who held an important part in the Tokugawa shogunate in rare occasions. He is particularly known for his role in the surrender of Edo. Kaishu is not his real name. Born in Edo in a family of Hatamoto, Kaishu served to the Tokugawa shogunate. After the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, he was given a high official post in the Meiji new government. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.