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The 90 pages that link to Edo period, each with the reason it gives.

• YōkaiRelated: Urban publishing and popular entertainment helped circulate yōkai imagery widely during this era.

• Kobayashi IssaNarrower topic: Issa’s life and literary world unfolded under Edo-period social and cultural conditions.

• MirinRelated: Mirin became widely established as a cooking seasoning during this era.

• Miyamoto MusashiNarrower topic: Musashi lived during the era when Japan moved from civil warfare to Tokugawa rule.

• Benizuri-eRelated: Benizuri-e arose amid the period’s expanding urban print culture.

• Emperor NinkōNarrower topic: Ninkō’s reign fell within this political order.

• Izumo no OkuniRelated: Kabuki took shape in the early Edo setting in which Okuni performed.

• KanazawaNarrower topic: Kanazawa’s castle-town institutions and districts largely took shape under Edo-period rule.

• KitamaebuneNarrower topic: The Kitamaebune system expanded within the political and commercial order of this era.

• Miso soupRelated: Growing urban food culture helped make miso soup a familiar part of everyday meals.

• Niten Ichi-ryūNarrower topic: The school’s formation belongs to the early decades of this period.

• Santō KyōdenNarrower topic: The city’s publishing trade and urban audiences shaped the subjects and forms of Kyōden’s work.

• The Book of Five RingsNarrower topic: Musashi wrote during the early decades of this period of relative peace.

• Ukiyo-zōshiRelated: Ukiyo-zōshi emerged within the expanding cities and publishing culture of Tokugawa Japan.

• Utagawa schoolNarrower topic: The school emerged within Edo’s urban markets, theaters, and publishing networks.

• Aizuri-eNarrower topic: Aizuri-e developed within Edo’s urban print culture.

• Amakusa ShirōNarrower topic: Shirō’s rebellion took place during the shogunate’s consolidation of authority.

• HiroshigeNarrower topic: Hiroshige worked in an era of urban growth, commercial publishing, and domestic travel.

• Japanese theatreNarrower topic: Kabuki and Bunraku flourished as urban entertainment during this era.

• Kaga no ChiyoNarrower topic: Chiyo-ni lived and wrote within its social and literary institutions.

• KeichōNarrower topic: The era’s political settlement led into this long period of Tokugawa rule.

• SharakuNarrower topic: Sharaku worked in Edo’s flourishing urban print and theatre culture.

• Takizawa BakinNarrower topic: Bakin’s career unfolded within its publishing culture and social order.

• The Dream of the Fisherman's WifeRelated: The print emerged in Edo’s urban culture and commercial publishing market.

• Ueda AkinariNarrower topic: Akinari’s writing and scholarship developed within Tokugawa society.

• UtsunomiyaNarrower topic: Utsunomiya’s castle-town identity took shape under Tokugawa rule.

• GenrokuNarrower topic: Genroku is a named era within this longer political period.

• History of TokyoNarrower topic: Edo’s urban culture and institutions developed within this long period of relative peace.

• Japanese theoremRelated: Many sangaku problems were created and displayed during this era.

• Japanese theorem for cyclic polygonsRelated: Many sangaku problems associated with Japanese geometry date from this era.

• Kawanabe KyōsaiNarrower topic: Kyōsai began his career in Edo’s densely connected arts and print culture.

• Oguri KozukenosukeNarrower topic: The shogunate's institutions and political order shaped both Oguri's reforms and their limits.

• SatoyamaRelated: Early modern village economies relied on managed forests and shared resources.

• Shibusawa EiichiNarrower topic: Shibusawa’s family and early career belonged to the social order that preceded Meiji Japan.

• Tanaka HisashigeNarrower topic: His early inventions emerged from Edo’s urban craft culture and commercial entertainment.

• Tanikaze KajinosukeNarrower topic: Tanikaze’s career unfolded as urban commercial culture transformed public sumo.

• Tanuma OkitsuguNarrower topic: Tanuma's career unfolded within this era's political and economic institutions.

• TenmeiNarrower topic: Tenmei falls within the Edo period’s late eighteenth-century political order.

• Urushi-eNarrower topic: Urushi-e developed within the print culture that expanded during this era.

• UtamaroNarrower topic: The period’s urban culture and print market formed the setting for his work.