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Edo (Tokyo)

Edo, renamed Tokyo in 1868, was the seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Tokugawa Ieyasu made it his base, and it grew into one of the largest cities in the world, partly because the alternate attendance system required daimyo to spend time there. It remained the centre of the shogunate's government until the Meiji Restoration.

Edo (Tokyo)
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Tokugawa ShogunateSocioeconomy, Military, Governance

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Edo (Tokyo). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/edo-tokyo
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