Edo

Edo, also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Under the Tokugawa shogunate, Edo developed into a major early-modern urban centre with a population... Wikipedia

• Country:  Japan
• Province:  Musashi
• Edo Castle built:  1457
• Capital of Japan (De facto):  1603
• Renamed Tokyo:  1868
• Type of leader:  Feudal government
• Population (1721):  1,000,000
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo