Edo
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Edo, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner
Location of the former city of Edo
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Famous places of Edo in 1803
Edo period
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The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regio
Edo
…Edo Coordinates: Country Japan Province Musashi Edo Castle built 1457 Capital of Japan (De facto) 1603 Renamed Tokyo 1868 Government • Type of leader Feudal government Population (1721) • Total 1,000,000 Edo (江戸; lit. 'bay-entrance'; English: ; Japanese: ), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of…
"En masse Attendance of Daimyo at Edo Castle on a Festive Day" from the Tokugawa Seiseiroku, National Museum of Japanese History
Honda Tadakatsu, a famous fudai daimyō of the early Edo period.
"Folding Screen Depicting Scenes of the Attendance of Daimyo at Edo Castle". National Museum of Japanese History.