Edo

E69445

former capital historical city

Edo was the historical name of Japan’s capital during the Tokugawa shogunate, a major political and cultural center that later became modern Tokyo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Edo canonical	56
Edo, Japan	9
Edo-jō	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former capital ⓘ historical city ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Edo machi-bugyō jurisdiction ⓘ
capitalOf	Japan ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
capitalPeriodEnd	1868 ⓘ
capitalPeriodStart	1603 ⓘ
changeOfStatus	became imperial capital as Tokyo in 1868 ⓘ
connectedBy	Tōkaidō ⓘ surface form: Nakasendō Tōkaidō ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
culturalPeriod	Edo culture ⓘ
demography	large merchant and artisan class ⓘ large samurai population ⓘ
developedBy	Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ
endOfEdoPeriod	1868 ⓘ
era	Edo period ⓘ
foundationYear	1457 ⓘ
foundedBy	Ōta Dōkan ⓘ
governmentType	military government ⓘ
hasLandmark	Edo Castle ⓘ Nihonbashi ⓘ Sumida River ⓘ Yoshiwara pleasure district ⓘ
historicalEvent	Meiji Restoration ⓘ
knownFor	chōnin (townspeople) culture ⓘ kabuki theater ⓘ samurai residential districts ⓘ ukiyo-e woodblock prints ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Honshu ⓘ Kantō region ⓘ
locatedOn	Tokyo Bay ⓘ
modernName	Tokyo ⓘ
notableFeature	center of political power in early modern Japan ⓘ extensive castle town around Edo Castle ⓘ major cultural center of Japan ⓘ
partOf	Edo period ⓘ surface form: Tokugawa Japan
populationRank	one of the world’s largest cities in the 18th century ⓘ
predecessor	Kyoto ⓘ surface form: Heian-kyō
renamedAs	Tokyo ⓘ
renameYear	1868 ⓘ
seatOf	Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
startOfEdoPeriod	1603 ⓘ
successor	Tokyo ⓘ
timeZoneHistorical	Japan Standard Time ⓘ surface form: Japan Standard Time (retroactively applied)
transportHubOf	Gokaidō (Five Routes) ⓘ
urbanType	castle town ⓘ port city ⓘ

Referenced by (66)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tokyo → formerName → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa shogunate navy → location → Edo ⓘ

Edo period → capital → Edo ⓘ

Edo period → urbanCenter → Edo ⓘ

Kanto → formerNameOfCapitalCity → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa shogunate → capital → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa shogunate → notableUrbanCenter → Edo ⓘ

Boshin War → location → Edo ⓘ

Katsushika Hokusai → birthPlace → Edo ⓘ

Katsushika Hokusai → deathPlace → Edo ⓘ

sankin-kōtai → capitalUsed → Edo ⓘ

Utagawa Hiroshige → placeOfBirth → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige → placeOfDeath → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Utagawa Hiroshige → residence → Edo ⓘ

Tsukiji Naval Training Center → locatedIn → Edo ⓘ

Matsuo Bashō → residence → Edo ⓘ

Matsuo Bashō → workLocation → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa Ieyasu → capitalEstablishedAt → Edo ⓘ

Townsend Harris → residence → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Townsend Harris → workLocation → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Tokugawa Hidetada → deathPlace → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Natsume Sōseki → placeOfBirth → Edo ⓘ

Edoardo → hasDiminutive → Edo ⓘ

Iki → hasCulturalTheme → Edo ⓘ

Hajino Nakamaro → placeOfActivity → Edo ⓘ

Hōei eruption → ashFall → Edo ⓘ

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji → locationOfCreation → Edo ⓘ

Tōkaidō → connects → Edo ⓘ

Tōkaidō → easternTerminusCity → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa Iemitsu → birthPlace → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa Iemitsu → deathPlace → Edo ⓘ

Honjo → historicalRegionOf → Edo ⓘ

Joseph Hardy Neesima → birthPlace → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Fukuzawa Yukichi → residence → Edo ⓘ

Hoshi Tōru → placeOfBirth → Edo ⓘ

Yoshida Shōin → deathPlace → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo, Japan

Yoshiwara pleasure district → locatedIn → Edo ⓘ

Ōta Dōkan → builtInLocation → Edo ⓘ

Ōta Dōkan → associatedWith → Edo ⓘ

Edo Castle → locatedIn → Edo ⓘ

Edo Castle → alsoKnownAs → Edo ⓘ

this entity surface form: Edo-jō

Gokaidō (Five Routes) → radiatedFrom → Edo ⓘ

subject surface form: Gokaidō

Gokaidō (Five Routes) → centerOfNetwork → Edo ⓘ

subject surface form: Gokaidō

Gokaidō (Five Routes) → connects → Edo ⓘ

subject surface form: Gokaidō

Shinagawa-juku of the Edo period → locatedSouthOf → Edo ⓘ

subject surface form: Shinagawa-juku

Bansho Shirabesho → locatedIn → Edo ⓘ

Ii Naosuke → deathPlace → Edo ⓘ

Tokugawa Yoshinobu → birthPlace → Edo ⓘ