{"slug": "edo", "label": "Edo", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q215646", "qid": "Q215646", "description": "former name of Tokyo, capital of Tokugawa Shogunate (1603-1868)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [939, 1868], "span_label": ["939 CE", "1868 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Edo (Tokyo)"], "related": [{"slug": "tokyo", "label": "Tokyo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kyoto", "label": "Kyoto", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tokugawa-ieyasu", "label": "Tokugawa Ieyasu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tokugawa-shogunate", "label": "Tokugawa shogunate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edo-period", "label": "Edo period", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-meiji", "label": "Emperor Meiji", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 939, "year_label": "939 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Masakado, a Japanese nobleman, leads one of the largest insurgent forces in the Heian period against the imperial court at Kyoto. Masakado has acquired enough power to govern the Kantō region (northwest of Edo) and calls himself the 'new emperor' (shinnō).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656722#Asia", "title": "939", "revid": 1366656722, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun from Emperor Go-Yozei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan. The 265-year-long Edo period begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#January–March", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1623, "year_label": "1623 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – 50 Christians are executed in Edo, Japan, during the Great Martyrdom of Edo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655899#October–December", "title": "1623", "revid": 1366655899, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – The Great Fire of Meireki in Edo, Japan, destroys most of the city and damages Edo Castle, killing an estimated 100,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#January–March", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Shimizu-gumi, predecessor of Shimizu Corporation, a major construction company in Japan, is founded in Kanda region, Edo (modern-day Tokyo).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369393739#Date_unknown", "title": "1804", "revid": 1369393739, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Kajima, a construction company based in Japan, is founded in Edo (modern-day Tokyo).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360387586#Date_unknown", "title": "1840", "revid": 1360387586, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Suzumoto Vaudeville Theater officially opens in Ueno region, Edo (modern-day Tokyo) in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#Date_unknown", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1868, "year_label": "1868 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – Emperor Meiji of Japan announces that the name of the city of Edo is to be changed to Tokyo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363668193#September", "title": "1868", "revid": 1363668193, "section": "Events › September"}}]}