Edo becomes Tokyo
1868 · Event
The shogun's capital is renamed the 'eastern capital' and the teenage Emperor Meiji moves his court there from Kyoto, where emperors had reigned for a thousand years. The city of the Tokugawa becomes the seat of the new Japan.
On these timelines: Japan, The Meiji Restoration, Master
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