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*During the Edo period, Emperor was expected to devote himself to ritual; his courtiers, to maintaining the ancient customs of their ancestors, including literary practices, appreciating nature, and managing estates. - Anne Walthall, Human Tradition in Modern Japan, 1, 3.

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*[[Edo]] dropped from a population height of around 1.3 million in the early 19th century to just over 500,000 in [[1869]], returning to peak levels only around [[1889]]. - Takashi Fujitani, Splendid Monarchy, University of California Press (1996), 39.

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*By 1970s, fully one-quarter of Japan's population lived in or around [[Tokyo]]. - Anne Walthall, Introduction, Human Tradition in Modern Japan, xvii.

*Term "[[bakuhan taisei]]" coined by Itô Tasaburô　(伊東多三郎). Mercantilism in a Japanese Domain, 22-23.

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