The Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), also known as the Tokugawa period (徳川時代, Tokugawa jidai), is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 [1] in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords.

The Meiji Restoration (Japanese: 明治維新, romanized: Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (御維新, Goishin), and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

Edo, formerly a jōkamachi (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the de facto capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. Edo grew to become one of the largest cities in the world under the Tokugawa.

Oct 11, 2022 · The Edo period refers to the years from 1603 until 1868 when the Tokugawa family ruled Japan. The era is named after the city of Edo, modern-day Tokyo, where the Tokugawa shogunate had its government.

Apr 16, 2020 · This period saw 250 years of peace thanks to a strong political regime, an unprecedented urban development, a flourishing culture and arts of exceptional refinement; this is the Edo period (1603-1868).

Nov 18, 2002 · Edo Period (1603 - 1868) Tokugawa Ieyasu was the most powerful man in Japan after Hideyoshi had died in 1598. Against his promises he did not respect Hideyoshi's successor Hideyori because he wanted to become the absolute ruler of Japan.

Oct 11, 2024 · The Edo period, also know as the Tokugawa period (1603 – 1868) is a time-period subdivision of Japan’s modern history, beginning when Tokugawa Ieyasu is appointed shogun and ending with the restoration of the imperial power.

Nov 9, 2009 · The Meiji Restoration of 1868 toppled Japan’s long-reigning Tokugawa shoguns of the Edo Period as U.S. gunboat diplomacy forced Japan into the modern era.

Sep 26, 2024 · Tokugawa period (德川時代, Tokugawa jidai), also called Edo period (江戸時代, Edo jidai), from 1603 to 1867, the final period of traditional Japan, a time of internal peace, political stability, and economic growth under the shogunate (military dictatorship) founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The Edo period, spanning from 1603 to 1868, represented a golden age of cultural renaissance in Japan, marked by extraordinary artistic and literary achievements that would forever shape the nation’s cultural landscape.