The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan...
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until the unification of Japan by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603. During the Edo period (1603–1868), the Tokugawa shogunate formed a centralized feudal government...
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in Japan from 1603 to 1868 is known as the Edo period. Before the 10th century, there is no mention of Edo in historical records, but for a few settlements...
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Astrophysics Data System 1745 (Enkyō 2): Tokugawa Ieshige became shōgun of the Edo bakufu. 1745 (Enkyō 2): First establishment of a market fair in the capital...
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The Edo period of the history of Japan is the setting of many works of popular culture. These include novels, stage plays, films, television shows, animated...
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During the Edo period, Japan (1603-1868) used various punishments against criminals. During the Edo period, Japan used various punishments against criminals...
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During the Edo period of Japanese history, villages (村, mura) were self-governing administrative units, led by the village headman (庄屋, shōya). The development...
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Edo society refers to the society of Japan under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. Edo society was a feudal society...
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During the Edo period, feudal domains of Japan issued scrip called hansatsu (藩札) for use within the domain. This paper currency supplemented the coinage...
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Tokugawa shogunate (redirect from Edo Shogunate)
baꜜkɯ̥ɸɯ]), also known as the Edo shogunate (江戸幕府, Edo bakufu), was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa...
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Edo Castle (江戸城, Edo-jō) is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. In modern times it is part...
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characteristics and national religion. This policy was banned after the Edo Period (1603–1868). The country was re-opened to the world in 1868. Nussbaum...
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Japanese literature (redirect from Edo period literature)
(commonly referred to as the Edo period). Due in large part to the rise of the working and middle classes in the new capital of Edo (modern Tokyo), forms of...
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Empire Edo period, in Japanese history Edo, the historical name for Tokyo, Japan Edo River, a river in Japan Edo State, a state in Nigeria Edo (Wolaita)...
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History of Japan (redirect from Kamakura–Muromachi period)
shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate...
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period ended with the Tokugawa victory at the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 – unofficially establishing the Tokugawa Shogunate and beginning the Edo period...
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Firearms of Japan (section Edo period)
the average small-scale Edo period conflicts; nevertheless, there were gunsmiths in Japan producing guns through the Edo period. Isolation did not decrease...
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Kashindan (section Edo period)
the daimyo organized their own kashindan as a standing army. By the Edo period, they had become a discrete class of samurai, and each family was paid...
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Daimyo (section Edo period)
'private land'. From the shugo of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period to the daimyo of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The...
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Onna-musha (section Edo period and beyond)
rights in Japan. The end of the Edo period was a time of great political turmoil that continued into the Meiji period (1868–1912). A revolt against policies...
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Tantō (section Momoyama to the early Edo period)
There were now only tantō predating the Edo period being used in combat; tantō forged during the late Edo period were not combative weapons. Many tantō...
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Samurai (section Heian period)
themselves as adept warriors against the invading Mongols. During the peaceful Edo period, 1603 to 1868, they became the stewards and chamberlains of the daimyo...
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considered the Edo period. Regardless of the dates chosen, the Sengoku period overlaps substantially with the Muromachi period (1336–1573). This period was characterized...
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Japanese lacquerware (section Jōmon-Edo period)
response to their requests. In this period, hira maki-e became very popular because of mass production. The Edo period (1603–1868) saw an increase in the...
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Kimono (section Edo period (1603–1867))
the end of the Edo period, in the early 1800s, commoners began to wear them. Edo komon are of a similar formality to iromuji, and edo komon with one kamon...
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Japanese clothing (section Edo period (1603–1867))
clothing, and styles of wearing primarily fully-developed by the end of the Edo period. The most well-known form of traditional Japanese fashion is the kimono...
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culture of the Edo period. Edo Wonderland spans a site area of 122.3 acres (49.5 hectares). The park's design is based on the Edo period's golden era known...
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Japanese sword (section Classification by period)
Hilt (tsuka) and handguard (tsuba) of tachi. Mid-Edo period. Hilt and handguard of tantō. Late Edo period. shirasaya (storage mounts), used to protect the...
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Yōkai (section Edo period)
unaccountable phenomena to their informants".[This quote needs a citation] In the Edo period, many artists, such as Toriyama Sekien, invented new yōkai by taking inspiration...
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two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa house, and the gokenin...
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