Edo

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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.

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	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 NERFINISHED → 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 NERFINISHED →
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	Tokugawa Japan →
populationRank	one of the world’s largest cities in the 18th century →
predecessor	Heian-kyō →
renamedAs	Tokyo →
renameYear	1868 →
seatOf	Tokugawa shogunate →
startOfEdoPeriod	1603 →
successor	Tokyo →
timeZoneHistorical	Japan Standard Time (retroactively applied) →
transportHubOf	Gokaidō (Five Routes) →
urbanType	castle town → port city →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Edo period → Tokugawa shogunate →	capital
Boshin War → Tokugawa shogunate navy →	location
Utagawa Hiroshige → Utagawa Hiroshige ("Edo, Japan") →	placeOfBirth
Utagawa Hiroshige → Utagawa Hiroshige ("Edo, Japan") →	placeOfDeath
Matsuo Bashō → Utagawa Hiroshige →	residence
Katsushika Hokusai →	birthPlace
sankin-kōtai →	capitalUsed
Katsushika Hokusai →	deathPlace
Tokyo →	formerName
Kanto →	formerNameOfCapitalCity
Tsukiji Naval Training Center →	locatedIn
Tokugawa shogunate →	notableUrbanCenter
Edo period →	urbanCenter
Matsuo Bashō →	workLocation