Edo period
period of Japanese history from 1600 to 1868, during the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edo period (江戸時代, Edo-jidai), also called the Tokugawa period (徳川時代 Tokugawa-jidai), is the time between 1600 and 1868 in the history of Japan.[1] During this long time Japanese society was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional feudal lords.
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These years come after the Azuchi-Momoyama period, and before the Meiji Restoration and the development of modern Japan.[2]
The Tokugawa shogunate was established at Edo in 1603 by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu.[3] The period was marked by the influence of neo-Confucianism and Shinto.[4] The 15th and last shogun was Tokugawa Yoshinobu.[5]
The period ended with the Meiji Restoration, which was the restoration of imperial rule. The Edo period is also known as the beginning of the early modern period of Japan.[6]