Was the unification of Japan under the Oda and Tokugawa shoguns the best scenario for Japanese prosperity prior to the restoration of imperial rule or were there other more promising clans that failed to take power in the sengoku period?
>>2405161
the world may never know
>>2405161
My bet for next best thing would be Hōjō domination of Honshu. They were pretty great before their decline.
Personally I like the Shimazu clan more because of their GOAT battlefield tactics, but I don't know if they would have been better rulers though.