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*''Japanese'': 江戸時代 (''Edo jidai'')

*''Japanese'': 江戸時代 (''Edo jidai'')

The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, covers the years during which the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] controlled Japan. It runs from around [[1600]] until [[1868]]. A space of over 250 years in between the countrywide wars of the [[Sengoku Period]] and the violence surrounding the [[Meiji Restoration]], the Edo period was characterized chiefly by the rise of urban culture and modern economic structures. It is also known as the Early Modern period in Japan, and shares many of the features of social, economic, and political development of the same period in the West.

The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, covers the years during which the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] controlled Japan. It runs from around [[1600]] until [[1868]]. A space of over 250 years of relative peace in between the countrywide wars of the [[Sengoku Period]] and the violence surrounding the [[Meiji Restoration]], the Edo period was characterized chiefly by the rise of urban culture and modern economic structures. It is also known as the Early Modern period in Japan, and shares many of the features of social, economic, and political development of the same period in the West.

==History==

==History==