HISTORY
CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA
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Edo
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Beiging
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Hangzhou
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Nagasaki
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Edo Period lasted for nearly 260 years until the Meiji Restoration in 1868, when the Tokugawa Shogunate ended and imperial rule was restored. The Emperor moved to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo. Thus, Tokyo became the capital of Japan.
Detailed explanation-2: -Edo, a Tokugawa territory was relinquished to the Emperor and rather than move all of Edo’s influence and power back to Kyoto, Edo Castle became the new home of the Emperor and is now known as the Imperial Palace and thus becoming Tokyo, the “Eastern Capital” of Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -For a while it seemed that the Emperor would actually rule from both Kyoto and Edo, but Edo’s malleability as a new capital and the logistics of traveling between the two places meant that the Meiji Emperor eventually chose Edo as his new home.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tokugawa Ieyasu’s dynasty of shoguns presided over 250 years of peace and prosperity in Japan, including the rise of a new merchant class and increasing urbanization. They also closed off Japanese society to Western influences.