# Canonical recap data for Edo Period Begins in Japan (1603)
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slug: edo-period-begins
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1603/edo-period-begins"
title: Edo Period Begins in Japan
subtitle: Tokugawa Ieyasu's consolidation of power established a stable, centralized shogunate that would govern Japan for 250 years.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1603-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1603
decade: 1600
country:
name: Japan
slug: japan
summaryShort: The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonge
summaryLong: The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of arts and culture.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Keicho_gold_coinage_Oban_Koban_Ichibuban_1601_1695.jpg/1280px-Keicho_gold_coinage_Oban_Koban_Ichibuban_1601_1695.jpg"
heroImageCredit: PHGCOM · via Wikipedia
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period"
  title: Edo period
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of t
wikidataQid: Q184963
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260617002400/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-17
  label: Edo period
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_period"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- regime_change
canonicalClasses:
- governance
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
