Edo

Also known as Yedo, Yeddo

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

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

32 sections

Contents

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Edo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.