Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former T?t?mi, Suruga and Izu provinces.
The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun. Tokugawa Ieyasu held the region until he conquered the lands of the H?j? clan in the Kant? region and placed land under the stewardship of Oda Nobunaga. After becoming shogun, Tokugawa took the land back for his family and put the area around modern-day Shizuoka city under the direct supervision of the shogunate. With the creation of Shizuoka han in 1868, it once again became the residence of the Tokugawa family
