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The 20 pages that link to Edo, each with the reason it gives.

• Edo periodBroader topic: The shogunate’s seat became a center of administration, consumption, and urban culture.

• Tokugawa shogunateBroader topic: The shogunate governed from Edo, where daimyo were required to maintain residences.

• TokyoBroader topic: The city’s premodern history and much of its urban structure began as Edo.

• Kantō regionBroader topic: Edo’s growth established the urban core of modern Kantō.

• Sankin-kōtaiRelated: Daimyo were required to reside there for part of each attendance cycle.

• TōkaidōRelated: The Tōkaidō began at Edo’s Nihonbashi bridge.

• Hishikawa MoronobuRelated: The city’s expanding population created an audience for the urban subjects in Moronobu’s work.

• Tokugawa HidetadaRelated: Hidetada governed from Edo as the shogunate’s authority took shape.

• YoshiwaraNarrower topic: Yoshiwara’s history is inseparable from Edo’s growth into a major city.

• Yakusha-eNarrower topic: Its theatres, publishers, and audiences sustained a major market for actor prints.

• Meisho-eRelated: Edo’s landmarks supplied a large and changing repertoire of urban meisho.

• Santō KyōdenRelated: Kyōden’s books drew on the speech, fashions, and entertainments of the city where he lived.

• KeichōRelated: Tokugawa Ieyasu established his government there during Keichō.

• Sensō-jiNarrower topic: Sensō-ji grew into a major destination as Edo expanded around it.

• Takizawa BakinRelated: Bakin was born and built his writing career in this publishing metropolis.

• History of TokyoBroader topic: The settlement’s growth as a political center laid the foundations for modern Tokyo.

• ImagawayakiNarrower topic: The name imagawayaki is associated with the Imagawa Bridge area of Edo.

• Uki-eRelated: Edo’s crowded streets and commercial venues furnished many uki-e settings.

• Urushi-eRelated: Edo’s publishers, theaters, and buyers formed a central market for early prints.

• UtamaroNarrower topic: Utamaro built his career in the city whose entertainments and consumers filled his prints.