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
Famous places of Edo in 1803
Scroll depicting the Great Fire of Meireki
Nihonbashi in Edo, ukiyo-e print by Hiroshige
Japanese is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide.
A page from the Man'yōshū, the oldest anthology of classical Japanese poetry
A 12th-century emaki scroll of The Tale of Genji from the 11th century