Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Edo period

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Edo period

江戸時代徳川時代
alternative words: Edo jidai, Edojidai, Edo era, Tokugawa period, Tokugawa jidai, Tokugawajidai, Tokugawa era, Tokugawa reign
keywords: epoch
related topics: Kabuki , Haiku , Ukiyoe , Kokugaku , Tokugawa Ieyasu , Edo shogunate , Edo
related web sites: http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp , http://www.edo.net , http://www.jidaimura.co.jp , http://www3.justnet.ne.jp/~tamio-enomoto/ , http://www.jah.ne.jp/~soso/
explanation: Period beginning with the nomination of Tokugawa Ieyasu to "shogun" in 1603 and ended with the fall of Tokugawa shogunate in 1868. The particularity of this epoch is a warless state of the whole Japan and a strict control of the contact with foreigners (Sakoku). During this long pacific period, the living standard of ordinary citizens had considerably increased thanks to the development of agriculture and craft techniques.