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Edo

Edo (江戸; lit. 'bay-entrance'; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}English: /ˈɛd.oʊ/; Japanese: ), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Capital of Japan (De facto)
1603
Country
Japan
Edo Castle built
1457
Province
Musashi
Renamed Tokyo
1868
• Total
1,000,000

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Fall of the shogunate

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Edo

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples318
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Edo

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related to References · 61
Edo → Akira Naito, An Illustrated History, Andrew, André, ASIN, Author, B00HR3RHUYGordon, Became Tokyo, Breaking Barriers, Chiang Mai, Cities, City, Cognoscenti Books, Constantine Nomikos, Daily Life, David, Diversions, Early Modern Japan, Edo Culture, Encyclopædia Britannica
related to Before Tokugawa · 35
Edo → Arakawa, At, Azuma Kagami, Before, Chichibu, Dōkan, Edo Bay, Edo Shigenaga, Edo Shigetsugu, Edo's, Edomaeto, Heian, Hibiya Park, Hirakawa River, In, Iruma River, Kamakura, Kanmu-Taira, Kanto, Kyoto
related to General layout of the city · 19
Edo → Buddhist, Edo Castle, Fishermen, Great River, Imperial Court, It, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto's, Musashino, On, Osaka, Shippers, Shitamachi, Shomin, The, The Nihonbashi, The Sumida River, This
related to Government and administration · 18
Edo → Despite, Each Machi, Edo's, Gofunai, Jisha-Bugyō, Machi, Machi-Bugyō, Machidoshiyori, Machis, Nanushi, North Machi-Bugyō, South Machi-Bugyō, The, The Kanjō-bugyō, The Machi-bugyō, There, They, Tokugawa
related to Timber and building materials · 18
Edo → Fukagawa, High-grade, In Edo, Japanese, Kanda, Kiba, Kishu, Kiso, Kiso River, Kiso-style, Much, Nagano Prefecture, Nihonbashi, Notably, Sumida River, The, The Kiba, Wakayama Prefecture
related to Water transportation · 15
Edo → Bulk, Edo Bay, Edo Castle, Edo's, Gyōtoku, Historical, Kanda River, Nihonbashi River, Onagi River, Onagigawa, Studies, The Onagigawa, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokyo Bay, Water
related to Urbanism · 14
Edo → East, Fresh, Hirakawa, Ieyasu, Kanda, Landfill, Some, Sumida River, Tama River, Tenka-Bushin, The, The Hibiya, Tsukiji, Very
related to Ieyasu's initial urban vision and the transformation of an unformed settlement (1590–1603) · 13
Edo → Edo Castle, Edo-jō, Hibiya, Hirakawa River, Ieyasu, Musashino Plateau, Recognizing, There, These, To, Under, What, When Tokugawa Ieyasu
related to Tokugawa shogunate · 13
Edo → After, Battle, Edo Castle, He, Japan, Kyoto, Musashi Province, October, Sekigahara, Sengoku, Tenka-Bushin, Tokugawa, Tokugawa Ieyasu
related to Fall of the shogunate · 12
Edo → Eastern Capital, Edo's, Emperor Meiji, However, Imperial Court, In, Japan, Kyoto, Meiji, Meiji Restoration, Tokugawa, Tōkyō

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city samurai urban tokugawa castle shogunate residence edo's townspeople area river tokyo also used population japan system daimyō water chōnin

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EdoCapital of Japan (De facto)16031.00infobox
EdoCountryJapan1.00infobox
EdoEdo Castle built14571.00infobox
EdoProvinceMusashi1.00infobox
EdoRenamed Tokyo18681.00infobox
Edo• Total1,000,0001.00infobox
Edo• Type of leaderFeudal government1.00infobox
Japanese cypressinstance ofHigh-grade woods0.80text
silk kimono were sold in gofuku-shōinstance ofRefined garments0.80text
Edorelated to Before TokugawaBefore0.60section
Edorelated to Before TokugawaThat0.60section
Edorelated to Before TokugawaAzuma Kagami0.60section

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