Edo (), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Edo
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Edo P.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Folding screen view of Edo in the 17th century, showing Edo Castle on the upper right corner
- Settlement.image_map
- Location TokyoJapan.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the former city of Edo
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Japan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Musashi
- Settlement.leader_title
- Type of leader
- Settlement.leader_name
- Feudal government
- Settlement.established_title
- Edo Castle built
- Settlement.established_date
- 1457
- Settlement.established_title2
- Capital of Japan (De facto)
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1603
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Article
32 sectionsContents
- History
- Before Tokugawa
- Ieyasu's initial urban vision and the transformation of an unformed settlement (1590–1603)
- Tokugawa shogunate
- Urbanism
- General layout of the city
- Housing
- Military caste
- Townspeople
- Government and administration
- Transportation
- Water transportation
- Overland roads
- Economy
- Consumption and demand
- Food supply and distribution
- Salt supply
- Timber and building materials
- Fuel
- Textiles, Clothes, and Clothing Shops
- Rental culture
- Resource circulation and recycling
- Policing and firefighting
- Policing
- Firefighting
- Fire
- 1868
- See also
- Notes
- References
- References
- External links
Edo (), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Edo developed into a major early-modern urban centre with a population that is believed to have exceeded 1 million by the early 18th century — making it, by many estimates, the largest city in the world at the time.