the Eastern Capital; Edo; Yedo
Historical name for Tokyo, used especially in pre-Meiji and literary contexts. Refers to the city when it was the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate.
The Eastern Capital was the political center of Japan until the end of the Edo period.
This ukiyo-e depicts famous places in the Eastern Capital.
He journeyed to the Eastern Capital to pursue his studies.
That restaurant was praised as the finest in the Eastern Capital.
From Middle Chinese 東都 (tuwng tu, 'eastern capital'). The term was used in China for various eastern capitals and was applied to Edo after it became the de facto political center of Japan.