Edo period

Dejima (Japanese: 出島, "exit island"), in old Western documents latinized as 'Decima', 'Desjima', 'Dezima', 'Disma', or 'Disima', was a small fan-shaped artificial island built in the bay of Nagasaki in 1634 by local merchants.

Hagakure (Kyūjitai: 葉隱; Shinjitai: 葉隠; meaning Hidden by the Leaves or hidden leaves), or Hagakure Kikigaki (葉隠聞書) is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the clerk Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige, the third ruler of what is now Saga prefecture in Japan.

(See also: Joseon missions to Japan) The Joseon Tongsinsa were goodwill missions sent intermittently, at the request of the resident Japanese authority, by Joseon Dynasty Korea to Japan.

Shakushain's Revolt (シャクシャインの戦い Shakushain no tatakai) was an Ainu rebellion against Japanese authority on Hokkaidō between 1669 and 1672.

Yoshiwara (吉原) was a famous yūkaku (遊廓、遊郭, pleasure district, red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tōkyō, Japan.

The Tenpō Reforms (天保の改革 tenpō no kaikaku) were an array of economic policies introduced in 1842 by the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan.

The Namamugi Incident (生麦事件 Namamugi-jiken) (also known sometimes as the Kanagawa Incident, and as the Richardson Affair) was a samurai assault on British nationals in Japan on September 14, 1862, which occurred six days after Ernest Satow set foot on Japanese soil for the first time.

Jitō (地頭) were medieval land stewards in Japan, especially in the Kamakura and Muromachi Shogunates.

The Kyōhō reforms (享保の改革 kyōhō no kaikaku) were an array of economic and cultural policies introduced by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1736 Japan, during the Edo Period.

Kabunakama (株仲間) were merchant guilds in Edo period Japan, which developed out of the basic merchants' associations known as nakama.

Sankin-kōtai (参勤交代 "alternate attendance", a daimyo's alternate-year residence in Edo) was a policy of the Tokugawa shogunate during most of the Edo period of Japanese history.

Tanuma Okitsugu (田沼意次) (September 11, 1719 in Edo, Japan – August 25, 1788 in Edo) was a chamberlain (sobashū) and a senior counselorrōjū to the shogun Tokugawa Ieharu .

Viscount Mori Arinori (森 有礼, August 23, 1847 – February 12, 1889) was a Meiji period Japanese statesman, diplomat, and founder of Japan's modern educational system.

Terakoya (寺子屋 terako-ya, literally temple schools, private elementary schools) were private educational institutions that taught writing and reading to the children of Japanese commoners during the Edo period.

Tōmeizan Kōfuku-ji (東明山興福寺) is an Ōbaku Zen Buddhist temple established in 1624 in Nagasaki, Japan.

Matsudaira Tadanao (松平 忠直, 16 July 1595 – 5 October 1650) was a Japanese daimyo in the early Edo period.

Kokugaku (Kyūjitai: 國學/Shinjitai: 国学; lit. National study) was an academic movement, a school of Japanese philology and philosophy originating during the Tokugawa period.

Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally "Dutch Learning", and by extension "Western Learning") is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan to keep abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners, 1641–1853, because of the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation (sakoku).

Yūki Hideyasu (結城 秀康, 1 March 1574 – 2 June 1607) was a Japanese daimyo who lived during the Azuchi-Momoyama and early Edo periods.

The Black Ships (in Japanese, 黒船, kurofune, Edo Period term) was the name given to Western vessels arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries.

Mizuno Tadakuni (水野 忠邦, July 19, 1794 – March 12, 1851) was a daimyō during late-Edo period Japan, who later served as chief senior councilor (Rōjū) in service to the Tokugawa shogunate.

Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶, June 15, 1763 – January 5, 1828), was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect known for his haiku poems and journals.

The Kansei Reforms (寛政の改革 Kansei no kaikaku) were a series of reactionary policy changes and edicts which were intended to cure a range of perceived problems which had developed in mid-18th century Tokugawa Japan.

During the Edo period of Japanese history, a jin'ya (陣屋) was the administrative headquarters of a small domain or parcel of land held by the Tokugawa shogunate, as well as the residence of the head of the administration, and the associated grain storehouse.

(Not to be confused with the Han learning 漢學, the Chinese intellectual movement prominent during the Qing dynasty) The han school (藩校 hankō) was an educational institution in the Edo period of Japan, originally established to educate children of daimyo (feudal lords) and their retainers in the domains outside of the capital.

Kannon-in (観音院 Kannon-in), formally known as Fudarakusan Jigen-ji Kannon-in (補陀落山慈眼寺観音院), is a Buddhist temple in Uemachi district of the city of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan.

Edo Lullaby (Japanese: 江戸子守唄 or Edo komoriuta) is a traditional Japanese cradle song.

During the Edo period, feudal domains of Japan issued scrip called hansatsu (藩札) for use within the domain.

Sir Ernest Mason Satow GCMG PC (30 June 1843 – 26 August 1929), was a British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist.

Kaichō (開帳, in honorific form go-kaichō), from the Edo period of Japan onwards, was the public exhibition of religious objects from Buddhist temples, usually relics or statuary, that were normally not on display.

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府) and the Edo bakufu (江戸幕府), was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1603 and 1867.

Commodore Edward André Gabriel Barrett, United States Navy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 4 February 1827 and died of malaria in New York on 31 March 1880.

Mercator Cooper (September 29, 1803 – spring 1872) was a ship's captain who is credited with the first formal American visit to Tokyo, Japan and the first formal landing on the mainland East Antarctica.

Kawahara Keiga (Japanese: 川原慶賀, also known as Taguchi Takumi or Toyosuke, Nagasaki, 1786–1860?) was a late Edo period Japanese painter of objects, social scenes, landscapes and portraits at the Dutch Factory of Dejima, and at Edo, Kyoto and Nagasaki.

The Nakasendō (中山道 Central Mountain Route), also called the Kisokaidō (木曾街道), was one of the five routes of the Edo period, and one of the two that connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo) to Kyoto in Japan.

The Kōshū Kaidō (甲州街道) was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Kai Province in modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.

The history of Kumamoto Prefecture has been documented from paleolithic times to the present.

Red-seal ships (朱印船 Shuinsen) were Japanese armed merchant sailing ships bound for Southeast Asian ports with red-sealed letters patent issued by the early Tokugawa shogunate in the first half of the 17th century.

Shukuba (宿場) were post stations during the Edo period in Japan, generally located on one of the Edo Five Routes or one of its sub-routes.

Joseon missions to Japan represent a crucial aspect of the international relations of mutual Joseon-Japanese contacts and communication.

Over the course of Japan's Edo period, the Ryūkyū Kingdom sent eighteen missions to Edo (琉球江戸上り ryūkyū edo nobori, "lit. 'the going up of Ryūkyū to Edo'), the capital of Tokugawa Japan.

The Battle of Gifu Castle (岐阜城の戦い Gifu-jō no Tatakai) was a battle in August 1600 that led to the destruction of Gifu Castle in Gifu, Mino Province (modern-day Gifu Prefecture), Japan.

The han (藩 han) or domain is the Japanese historical term for the estate of a warrior after the 12th century or of a daimyo in the Edo period (1603–1868) and early Meiji period (1868–1912).

Kasuga Maru (春日丸) was a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship of the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period, serving with the navy of Satsuma Domain, and later with the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy.

The Ansei great earthquakes (安政の大地震, Ansei no Dai Jishin) were a series of three major earthquakes that struck Japan during the Ansei era (1854–1860).

The Ōshū Kaidō (奥州街道) was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with Mutsu Province and the present-day city of Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Nikkō Onari Kaidō (日光御成街道) was established during the Edo period as a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō.

The Nikkō Reiheishi Kaidō (日光例幣使街道) was established during the Edo period as a subroute to Nikkō Kaidō.

Hime kaidō (姫街道 princess route) was the name given to minor routes that created detours around the difficult crossings (or river crossings) of main routes during the Edo period in Japan.

The List of Edo's fires encompasses an essential aspect of urban life in the Japanese capital.

Mikuni Kaidō (三国街道) was an ancient highway in Japan that stretched from Takasaki-juku (present day Gunma Prefecture) on the Nakasendō to Teradomari-juku (present day Niigata Prefecture) on the Hokuriku Kaidō.

The kitamaebune (北前船, literally "northern-bound ships") was a shipping route (and also the ships involved) in Japan from the Edo to the Meiji periods.

The Nikkō Kaidō (日光街道) was one of the five routes of the Edo period and it was built to connect Edo (modern-day Tokyo) with the Nikkō Tōshō-gū, which is located in the present-day city of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.

Sakura Sōgorō or better known as Sōgo-sama (1605 – September 1653), was a legendary Japanese farmer whose real family name was Kiuchi.

The Arai Barrier (新居関所 Arai Sekishō) is the only surviving security checkpoint of several which were established by the Tokugawa Shogunate on the Tōkaidō highway connecting the capital of Edo with Kyoto in Edo period Japan.

James Glynn (1800–1871) was a U.