Where was the capital of the shogunate?

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The first capital of the shogunate was Kamakura, the stronghold of the Minamoto clan. The decline of Minamoto led to the rise of the Ashikaga (or Muromachi) clan, who moved their capital to the imperial city of Kyōto. In 1603 Ieyasu Tokugawa moved the capital a final time, to Edo (modern Tokyo).