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Tokyo

Does anyone still call Tokyo Edo? -- Taku 03:33 Mar 22, 2003 (UTC)

No, not modern day Tokyo. Referring to Tokyo before its rename is referring to Edo. WhisperToMe 08:22, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Nah but a person born and bred in Tokyo is called an 'Eddoko' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.173.165.63 ( talk)

Derivation of name

I removed the following text from the article:

"Eastern Capital" or "To" - "Kyo" was simply the inversion of the syllables "Kyo" - "To", the name of the former capital.

Even though this seems reasonable — and even obvious — in English, a closer look shows that it's not correct. In romaji, note that Tōkyō has two long vowels whereas Kyōto has one long and one short vowel. You can also see the difference in hiragana, where Tō — kyō is とう — きょう whereas Kyōto is きょう — と. And in kanji, Tōkyō is 東京 whereas Kyōto is 京都. Although they share one kanji, they are not the same in inverted order.

Tōkyō means "Eastern capital"; Kyōto means "capital city."

Fg2 07:30, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)

Size

Shouldn't some mention be made of Edo's impressive size? It's usually quoted in discussions that it was one of (or the) world's largest cities during the Tokugawa era. (See Tokyo for example.) Brutannica 01:58, 11 June 2006 (UTC) reply

Possible External Link

The Brooklyn Museum has just put the entire series online as an online exhibition: The One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/online/edo/ Brooklynmuseum 23:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC) reply


Disregard and inaccuracies

I write with great displeasure about the continuous disregard and inaccuracies about the documentations and references of African cultural accomplishments and history. I believe any worth doing is worth doing well.

Unfortunately, this is not the case in many academic institutions, search engines, dictionaries, and even encyclopedias, which should be an accurate place where people come to get most of their information on a daily basis. When you search for the word “Edo” it is unanimously given to the country of Japan as the former name of Tokyo, which actually was once spelled as Yedo or Yeddo. Yedo did not enter world history as a name of a place in Japan and did not become the seat of government until 1603.

The original and the oldest “Edo” is the name of an African people from Western African, who created the Great Benin Empire or Kingdom, which went as far as from some parts of eastern Nigeria to areas past Ghana along the coast of West Africa. The Edo/Benin history dates back to around 1000 AD, which includes our first dynasty - the Ogiso dynasty (there were 35 Ogisos). A lot of traditional rulers in Eastern Nigeria, Western Nigeria, Benin, Togo, and Ghana owe their cultural and social existence to the Edo people of Benin (Benin City, Nigeria). Today, the original Edo people reside in Edo State of Nigeria and their capital is Benin (Benin City). Edo is the name of the people while Benin was the name of the land (Empire/Kingdom). The Edo people or Benin Kingdom has had three dynasties. Popular academia for some reason choose to recognize and perpetuate our second dynasty as our beginning when our banished prince (Ekaladerhan, who disguised his name as Izoduwa but was later corrupted to Oduduwa), who was supposed to be executed by his father sent his son from Ile-Ife to continue the linage of Kingship he left behind because he was too old to travel back and his father left no other heir to the throne. This event took place about 1200 AD. If this is the historical fact, why should Yedo (Edo) of Japan be given more preference in academic and reference achieves? I hope race or economic influence has no place in the proper documentation of historical facts or reference? I ask because I see no reason why “Yedo”, Japan of 1603 should come before “Edo”, Nigeria of 1000 AD in terms of historical priority and fact when searching for the word “Edo”. In fact, European explorers, missionaries, traders, and historians have been documenting the Edo people of Benin City, Nigeria since 1486, so I do not know where this bias or negligence came from. Could it be because a people that once ruled an empire that include more than four African countries have now being reduced to a state in Nigeria? Or is preference given to countries or capital of countries over states? I want you to know that unlike many European empires like Rome, the Edo of Benin (Nigeria) forbade their subjects to speak their language, which they considered the language of the King. Instead, each chief in every district of the empire was a relative of the King and was encouraged to marry and learn the language of the conquered peoples. The job of the Chief was to organize and control the people to pay tax and bring resources to Benin, the capital of the Benin Empire or Kingdom in Nigeria. So when the capital of the empire finally fell in 1897 to the British, their influence quickly disappeared. Edofolks 19:45, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

The African topic sounds fascinating, and I invite you to contribute to that article, and to other African history articles. I am sure they could use the help, and they would be great to read. Unfortunately, all too often in this world, the popularity or commonality of something in common knowledge is not based on which is older, or otherwise more important, but simply which, for one reason or another, has entered into the modern popular consciousness on the basis of modern events. Japan is a popular and familiar topic in the West for a wide variety of reasons, probably just as varied and numerous as the reasons why Nigeria and Benin are not. I do not mean to disparage your point - your research sounds very interesting, and very worthwhile. But Japan is one of the great powers today, Tokyo one of the largest cities in the world, and Edo (the Japanese abolished the 'ye' sound in the 1940s) the largest city in the world for several centuries before that. I'm sorry. But it's not like there aren't articles for Edo State and Edo language. Maybe you should create an article for Edo people or Edo culture. That could be great. LordAmeth 08:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC) reply

Expansion

I've created some headings to help organize the article, and perhaps, hopefully, to inspire contributions and expansion. What I have added thus far today is purely from my own knowledge, so I apologize that none of it is cited. At some point later today, or later in the week, I hope to return with some real sources to expand further. Considering the considerable potential overlap between geography and other topics, it may turn out best in the end to cut down on that section to strictly geographical/topological concerns, discussing the goings-on of various areas in the appropriate sections (government, economy, urban culture). We'll see. LordAmeth 09:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC) reply


Alternate Spelling: Jeddo

Apparently, Jeddo was also an acceptable spelling from at least the 1860's.

A number of place names in the US are based on this spelling Jeddo,_Michigan and Jeddo Pennsylvania

Sources which show Jeddo this as a former name of Tokyo can be found via:

http://books.google.com/books?client=firefox&um=1&q=Jeddo%2C+the+former+name+of+TOKYO&btnG=Search+Books

and some uses via: http://books.google.com/books?client=firefox&um=1&q=jeddo&btnG=Search+Books

Lent ( talk) 01:23, 5 December 2008 (UTC) reply

"Jeddo" was a common variant in German-language texts, etc. — the "J" in German being pronounced like the (initial) "Y" in English. Pinkville ( talk) 02:34, 18 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Photographs

I'd like to suggest that we replace the two photographs on the right margin, which are by Tamamura Kozaburō and Adolfo Farsari, neither of whom was a practicing photographer in pre-Meiji Japan; therefore, neither of these photographs show Edo, rather, they show Tokyo. The panorama by Felice Beato is of Edo (taken in 1865 or 1866) and there are other photographic images of Edo, though not many. I'll see if I can find a couple of good ones. Pinkville ( talk) 02:29, 18 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Recorded Population of Edo

Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco reported that the population of Edo was about 150,000 in 1609. The popualtion of Edo grew afte the introduction Sankin kōtai to become the most populous city in Japan. The official area of Edo has slightly changed from time to time. According to a survey in the forth month of Meiji 2 (May, 1869), Edo consists of area for samurai (武家地, buke-chi) (11,692,000 tsubo, 38.65 km², 68.6%) which include Edo Castle and residences of Daimyo, area under Edo machi-bugyō (町方支配場, machikata-shihaiba) (2,696,000 tsubo, 8.91 km², 15.8%) and area for temples and shrines (寺社門前地, jishamonzen-chi) (2,661,000 tsubo, 8.80 km², 15.6%). The recorded censuses of Edo where only populations of chōnin who lived in machikata-shihaiba and jishamonzen-chi were counted are as follows (only reliable ones are selected):

Date in

Japanese calendar

Date in

Gregorian calendar

Total population of machikata and jishamonzen Machikata-shihaiba Jishamonzen-chi Temporal workers Sources
total male female born

in Edo

born

outside Edo

birthplace

unknown

total male female total male female total male female
Genroku 6 1693 353,588 正寶事録 (Syōhō Jiroku)
Kyōhō 6, 11th month Dec, 1721 501,394 323,285 178,109 吹塵録 (Suijin Roku) (edited by Katsu Kaishū), 重宝録 (Jūhō Roku)
Kyōhō 7, 4th month May, 1722 483,355 312,884 170,471 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 7, 9th month Oct, 1722 476,236 307,277 168,959 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 8, 4th month May, 1723 459,842 290,279 169,563 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 8, 9th month Sep, 1723 473,840 304,686 169,154 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 9, 4th month Apr, 1724 464,577 299,072 165,505 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 9, 9th month Oct, 1724 469,343 301,018 168,325 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 10, 4th month May, 1725 462,102 301,125 160,977 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 10, 9th month Oct, 1725 472,496 301,920 170,576 Jūhō Roku
Kyōhō 11 1726 471,988 Suijin Roku
Kyōhō 17, 11th month Dec, 1732 533,518 Suijin Roku, 江戸會雜誌 (Edo-kai Zasshi) (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Kyōhō 18, 9th month Oct, 1733 536,380 340,277 196,103 475,521 303,958 171,563 60,859 36,319 24,540 享保撰要類集 (Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū)
Kyōhō 19, 4th month May, 1734 533,763 338,112 195,651 473,114 301,851 171,263 60,649 36,261 24,388 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Kyōhō 19, 9th month Sep, 1734 528,776 335,279 193,497 468,840 299,530 169,310 59,936 35,749 24,187 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Kyōhō 20, 9th month Oct, 1735 530,648 336,629 194,019 470,359 300,633 169,726 60,289 35,996 24,293 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Genbun 1, 4th month May, 1736 527,047 333,998 193,049 466,867 298,012 168,855 60,180 35,986 24,194 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Genbun 1, 9th month Oct, 1736 527,974 467,588 60,386 36,108 24,278 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Genbun 3 1738 453,594 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Genbun 3, 4th month May, 1738 528,117 333,238 194,879 469,601 298,445 171,156 58,516 34,793 23,723 町奉行支配惣町人人数高之改 (Machibugyō-shihai Sō-chōnin-ninzū-daka no Aratame)
Genbun 3, 9th month Oct, 1738 526,813 332,019 194,794 468,446 297,223 171,223 58,367 34,796 23,571 Machibugyō-shihai Sō-chōnin-ninzū-daka no Aratame
Kanpō 2, 9th month Sep, 1742 501,346 316,357 184,989 446,278 283,647 162,631 55,068 32,710 22,358 Machibugyō-shihai Sō-chōnin-ninzū-daka no Aratame
Kanpō 3, 4th month Apr, 1743 501,166 316,373 184,793 448,453 285,270 163,183 52,713 31,103 21,610 Machibugyō-shihai Sō-chōnin-ninzū-daka no Aratame
Enkyō 1 1744 460,164 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Enkyō 2, 9th month Sep, 1745 515,667 325,187 190,480 460,369 292,452 167,917 55,298 32,735 22,563 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Enkyō 3, 4th month May, 1746 504,277 317,730 186,547 446,642 283,587 163,055 57,635 34,143 23,492 寛延奇談 (Kan'en Kidan) (written by 西田耕三 (Nishida Kōzō))
Enkyō 4, 4th month May, 1747 512,913 322,493 190,420 454,226 288,027 166,199 58,687 34,466 24,221 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Enkyō 4, 9th month Oct, 1747 513,327 322,752 190,575 453,592 287,505 166,087 59,735 35,247 24,488 Kyōhō Senyō Ruishū
Kan'en 3, 12th month Dec, 1750 509.708 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Hōreki 6 1756 505,858 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Hōreki 12 1762 501,880 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Meiwa 5 1768 508.467 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
An'ei 3 1774 482,747 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
An'ei 9 1780 489,787 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Tenmei 3 1786 457,083 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Kansei 4 1792 481,669 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Kansei 10, 5th month Nov, 1798 492,449 283,163 209,286 一話一言 (Ichiwa Ichigen) (written by Ōta Nampo), Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Bunka 1 1804 492,053 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Bunka 7 1810 497,085 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Bunka 13 1816 501,061 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Bunsei 5 1822 520,793 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Bunsei 11 1828 527,293 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Tenpō 3, 5th month May, 1832 545,623 297,536 248,087 414,774 130,849 0 474,674 260,149 214,525 70,949 37,387 33,562 椎実筆 (Shii-no-mi Fude) (written by 蜂屋茂橘 (Hachiya Mokitsu)), Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Tenpō 5 1834 522,754 Suijin Roku, Edo-kai Zasshi (Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 18–26 (1889))
Tenpō 11, 4th (or 5th) month May, 1840 551,369 296,414 254,955 天保撰要類集 (Tenpō Senyō Ruishū)
Tenpō 12, 4th (or 5th) month May (or June), 1841 563,689 306,451 257,238 413,103 150,586 0 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū
Tenpō 13, 4th month May, 1842 551,063 295,518 255,545 477,349 257,130 220,219 73,714 38,388 35,326 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū
Tenpō 14, 7th month July, 1843 553,257 292,352 260,905 388,185 165,072 0 479,103 253,820 225,283 74,154 38,532 35,622 34,201 25,848 8,353 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū
Tenpō 14, 9th month Sep, 1943 547,434 288,732 258,702 386,040 161,881 31 474,739 251,045 223,694 72,695 37,687 35,008 29,475 22,374 7,101 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū (addressed on Tenpō 14, 9th month)
Tenpō 14, 9th month (readdresed 11th month, 26th day) Sep, 1943 (readdressed on ) 547,952 289,032 258,920 378.885 168,549 0 477,076 252,327 224,749 70,876 36,705 34,171 29,476 22,437 7,039 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū (readdressed on Jan 15, 1844 (26th day of 11th month, Tenpō 14))
Kōka 1, 4th month May, 1844 559,497 290,861 268,636 401,121 158,321 55 491,905 255,793 236,112 67,592 35,068 32,524 24,092 19,142 4,950 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū
Kōka 1, 9th month Oct, 1844 558,761 292,320 266,441 401,363 157,333 65 484,472 253,997 230,475 74,289 38,323 35,966 21,650 17,044 4,606 Tenpō Senyō Ruishū
Kōka 2, 5th month Jun, 1845 557,698 293,391 264,307 松の寿 (Matsu no Kotobuki) (written by 藤岡屋慶治郎 (Fujiokaya Keijirō)), 蠧余一得 (Toyo Ittoku) (written by 向山誠斎 (Mukōyama Seisai)), Suijin Roku
Kaei 2, 9th month Oct, 1849 564,943 291,666 273,277 11,594 9,701 1,893 藤岡屋日記 (Fujiokaya Nikki) (written by 須藤由蔵 (Sudō Yoshizō))
Kaei 3, 4th month May, 1850 559,115 288,362 270,753 414,686 144,231 198 10,434 8,679 1,755 Fujiokaya Nikki
Kaei 6, 4th month May, 1853 574,927 295,453 279,474 492,271 253,180 239,091 82,656 42,273 40,383 9,265 7,686 1,579 市中取締類集 (Shichū Torishimari Ruishū)
Kaei 6, 9th month Oct, 1853 575,091 295,275 279,816 430,871 143,919 301 492,317 252,847 239,470 82,774 42,428 40,346 9,075 7,534 1,541 Shichū Torishimari Ruishū
Ansei 1 (or Ansei 2), 4th month Apr, 1854 (or May 1855) 573,619 294,028 279,591 432,022 141,264 333 8,515 7,026 1,489 統計學雜誌 (Tōkeigaku Zasshi) (no. 306), (same with Ansei 2, 4th month)
Ansei 1, 9th month Oct, 1854 570,898 292,413 278,485 429,917 140,637 344 8,306 6,869 1,437 Tōkeigaku Zasshi (no. 306, pp. 397–398 (1911))
Ansei 2, 9th month Oct, 1855 564,544 288,402 276,142 427,775 137,431 339 7,979 6,609 1,370 Tōkeigaku Zasshi (no. 306, pp. 397–398 (1911))
Man'en 1, 4th month May, 1860 557,373 282,924 274,449 428,367 128,584 442 6,393 5,113 1,280 Tōkeigaku Zasshi (no. 306, pp. 397–398 (1911))
Man'en 1, 9th month Oct, 1860 562,505 287,644 274,861 425,169 137,004 332 8,021 6,636 1,385 Tōkeigaku Zasshi (no. 306, pp. 397–398 (1911))
Keiō 3, 4th month May, 1867 539,618 272,715 266,903 421,711 117,407 500 4,692 3,642 1,050 Tōkeigaku Zasshi (no. 306, pp. 397–398 (1911))
Keiō 3, 9th month Sep, 1867 538,463 269,902 268,561 421,023 116,926 514 457,066 228,959 228,107 81,397 40,943 40,454 4,616 3,597 1,019 Tōkeigaku Zasshi (no. 306, pp. 397–398 (1911)), 内外新報 (Naigai Shinpō) (no. 21 (1868))
Meiji 2, 1st day of the 1st month Feb 11, 1869 674,447 府藩県石高人口表 (Fu Han Ken Kokudaka Jinkō Hyō) (Total population includes Kazoku , Shizoku and Sotsuzoku)
Meiji 2, 3rd month Apr, 1869 503,703 260,936 242,767 東京府誌 (Tōkyō-fu Shi)
Jan 1, Meiji 6 Jan 1, 1873 595,905 310,050 285,855 82,600 53,162 29,438 日本地誌提要 (Nihon Chishi Teiyō) (Total population includes Kazoku , Shizoku, Sotsuzoku, and temporal residents)

Populations of Buddhist monks and nuns, Shinto priests, or prostitutes, Eta and Hinin remain in unreliable sources. Populaion of Buddhist and Shinto priests is estimated to be around 40,000; population in Yoshiwara is around 10,000; population of Eta and Hini is around 10,000.

On the other hand, population of samurai class and their servants class has not been recorded in texts, though buke-chi shared about 69% of the area of Edo. 小宮山綏介 (Yasusuke Komiyama) (in 1891) estimated the population of samurai and servants as 300,000; {nihongo|鷹見安二郎|Yasujirō Takami} (in 1940) estimated the population of samurai and servants as 620,000. {nihongo|関山直太郎|Naotarō Sekiyama} (in 1958) estimated the population of samurai and servants as 500,000. Aurichalcum ( talk) 09:33, 24 May 2009 (UTC) reply

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I would love to contribute to this page in any way I can. I noticed there was a lot to expand on and cite, and some sections seem unbalanced, or have little information. Where would be a good place to start? I don't want to step on any toes but I want learn and help also. Kblair9 ( talk) 00:12, 5 February 2018 (UTC) reply