江 戸 時 代(えどじだい)

えどじだい

noun

Edo period (1603–1868)

1. Edo period (1603–1868)

The period of Japanese history when the Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo (modern-day Tokyo). Characterized by political stability, strict social order, isolationist foreign policy, and flourishing arts and culture.

江戸時代(えどじだい)は約(やく)260年間(ねんかん)続(つづ)いた。

The Edo period lasted for about 260 years.

江戸時代(えどじだい)には鎖国(さこく)政策(せいさく)がとられていた。

During the Edo period, a policy of national isolation was maintained.

江戸時代(えどじだい)に歌舞伎(かぶき)や浮世絵(うきよえ)などの町人(ちょうにん)文化(ぶんか)が花開(はなひら)いた。

During the Edo period, townspeople's culture such as kabuki and ukiyo-e prints flourished.

One of the most important periods in Japanese history, spanning from 1603 when 徳川家康(とくがわいえやす) established the shogunate in 江戸(えど) (Edo) to 1868 when the 明治維新(めいじいしん) (Meiji Restoration) returned power to the emperor.

Key features

鎖国(さこく): national isolation policy limiting foreign contact
参勤交代(さんきんこうたい): alternate attendance system requiring feudal lords to spend time in Edo
士農工商(しのうこうしょう): four-class social hierarchy
Flourishing of 町人(ちょうにん)文化(ぶんか) (merchant-class culture): 歌舞伎(かぶき), 浮世絵(うきよえ), 落語(らくご)

Common collocations

江戸時代(えどじだい)の武士(ぶし): Edo-period samurai
江戸時代(えどじだい)初期(しょき)/中期(ちゅうき)/末期(まっき): early/mid/late Edo period
江戸時代(えどじだい)から続(つづ)く: continuing since the Edo period

Related words

戦国時代(せんごくじだい): Warring States period — the preceding era of civil war
明治時代(めいじじだい): Meiji period — the following era of modernization
徳川幕府(とくがわばくふ): Tokugawa shogunate — the government of the Edo period

Related Words

Related: 戦国時代(せんごくじだい) (Warring States period)

Related: 明治(めいじ)時代(じだい) (Meiji period)

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Added 2026.3.29 22:07 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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