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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. | |