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Names

Tōkyō

Tokyo

Edo

Yeddo

Yedo

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Castle given to Tokugawa clan 1590; capital of Tokugawa Shogunate 1603; one of largest cities in world 18th cen.; destroyed by earthquake and fire 1923; rebuilt 1930; largely destroyed during World War II; reconstructed & modernized since 1945.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-); Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

Baba Kashio (Japanese, born 1927)

Ichikawa IX Danjūrō (Japanese, 1838-1903)

Inagaki Akemi (Japanese, born 1933)

Kimura Yoshiharu (Japanese, born 1934)

Kobayashi Donge (Japanese, born 1926)

Nagai Kenji (Japanese, born 1947)

Oda Mayumi (Japanese, active United States, born 1941)

Onchi Kōshirō (Japanese, 1891-1955)

Ōno Bakufū (Japanese, 1888-1976)

Larry Poons (American, born 1937)

Kikuo Saito (Japanese, born 1939)

Tanaka Masaaki (Japanese, born 1947)

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900)

Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Watanabe Sadao (Japanese, 1913–1996)

Watanabe Seitei (Japanese, 1851-1918)

Active

Adachi Ginkō (Japanese, 1874-1902)

Akiyama Bu'emon (Japanese, active Tokyo ca. 1882-1920s)

Amano Kunihiro (Japanese, born 1929)

Bijutsusha (Japanese, active ca. 1926-1931)

Chōensai Eishin (Japanese, active 1795-1817)

Daikokuya Kinjirō (Japanese, active Edo 1855-1861)

Ebisu (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1842-1846)

Ebisuya Shōshichi (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1846-1883)

Ebiya Rinnosuke (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo 1832-1895)

Enokido Maki (Japanese, born 1938)

Enomotoya Kichibei (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1786-1830s)

Enshūya Matabei (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1768-1881)

Ezakiya Kichibei (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1773-1852)

Fujikasa Satoko (Japanese, born 1980)

Fujiokaya Keijirō (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1843-1923)

Fukuda Hatsuijirō (Japanese, active ca. 1894-1939)

Fukuda Kumajirō (Japanese, active Tokyo 1874-10th month 1898)

Fukuda Kumajirō (Japanese, active Tokyo 1874-10th month 1898)

Fukuda Kumajirō (Japanese, active Tokyo 1874-10th month 1898)

Hagiwara Hideo (Japanese, 1913-2007)

Hasegawa Sumi (Japanese, active Tokyo ca. 1894-1905)

Hirookaya Kōsuke (Japanese, active ca. 1858-1874)

Ibaya Senzaburō (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1815-1869)

Igaya Kan’emon (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1697-12th month 1860)

Ikeda Masuo (Japanese, 1934-1997)

Inoue Kichijirō (Japanese, active Tokyo ca. 1869-1905)

Ippitsusai Bunchō (Japanese, active ca. 1755-1790)

Iseya Chūsuke (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1849-1853)

Iseya Ichi'emon (Japanese, active ca. 1823-1864)

Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese, active Edo late 1840s-ca. 1875)

Iseya Kisaburō (Japanese, active ca. 1865-1898)

Iseya Rihei (Japanese, active 1790s-ca. 1879)

Iwatoya Kisaburō (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1760s-1832)

Izumiya Gonshirō (Japanese, active ca. 1718-late 1730s)

Izumiya Ichibei (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1770s-1886)

Izutsuya Shōkichi (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1849-1865)

Jōshūya Jūzō (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1812-1876)

Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1837-1872)

Kagaya Kichibei (Japanese, active ca. 1851-1902)

Kagaya Kichiemon (Japanese, active ca. 1815-1850)

Kakumotoya Kinjirō (Japanese, active Edo/Tokyo ca. 1851-1868)

Katō Print Institute (Japanese, Tokyo established 1934)

Koizumi Minokichi (Japanese, 1833-1906)

Koshimuraya Heisuke (Japanese, active ca. 1843-1865)

Kubota Chōkichi (Japanese, fl. late 19th-early 20th century)

Maeda Masao (Japanese, 1904-1974)

Maruya Kuzaemon (Japanese, active ca. 1725-1759)

Matsumura Tatsuemon (Japanese, Edo ca. 1793-1832)

Matsumura Yahei (Japanese, active ca. 1753-1802)

Mikawaya Tetsugorō (Japanese, active in Edo ca. 1845-1858)

Mitaya Kihachi (Japanese, active Edo mid-19th century)

Miyake Kōshodō (Japanese, active ca. 1950)

Murata Heiemon (Japanese, active 1842-1853)

Murataya Jirōbei (Japanese, active ca. 1725-1844)

Nishimura Chō (Japanese, active Edo ca. 1798-1810)

Nishimura Yohachi (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

Ōkura Magobei (Japanese, active ca. 1865-1919)

Ōmiya Gonkurō (Japanese, active ca. 1794-1812)

Ozaku Seishi (Japanese, born 1936)

Rin Nadeshico (Japanese, born 1984)

Saitō Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1907-1997)

Sanoya Kihei (Japanese, active 18th-19th century)

Sawamuraya Seikichi (Japanese, active ca. 1855-1903)

Shimaya Tetsuya (Japanese, active ca. 1843-1865)

Shimizuya Naojirō (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

Shinbi Shoin (Japanese)

Shinoda Tōkō (Japanese, 1913–2021)

Shinozaki Shōchiku (Japanese, 1781-1851)

Sumiyoshiya Masagorō (Japanese, active ca. 1847-1853)

Tomochika (Japanese, 1800-1873)

Tsujiokaya Kamekichi (Japanese, active ca. 1866/1918)

Tsuruya Kinsuke (Japanese, active ca. 1797-1824)

Tsutaya Kichizō Kichizō (Japanese, active 19th century)

Ushijima Noriyuki (Japanese, 1900-1997)

Utagawa Toyoharu (Japanese, 1735–1814)

Wakasaya Yoichi (Japanese, active ca. 1794-1897)

Wakayama Yasoji (Japanese, 1903-1983)

Yamadaya Shōjirō (Japanese, active 1851-ca. 1866)

Yokokawa Takejirō (Japanese, active mid-19th century)

Yoshida Chizuko (Japanese, 1924–2017)

Died

Ichikawa IX Danjūrō (Japanese, 1838-1903)

Katsukawa Shuntei (Japanese, 1770-1820)

Natori Shunsen (Japanese, 1886-1960)

Takahashi Rikio (Japanese, 1927–1998)

Yoshida Fujio (Japanese, 1887-1987)

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