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1603 - 1868Edo period. The Tokugawa Shogunate rules Japan.
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1603Tokugawa Ieyasu is appointed as shogun. Construction of Edo Castle begins.
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1639Construction of Edo Castle is complete.
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1657Edo Castle burns down.
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1868The Meiji Restoration eliminates the position of shogun in Japan, Edo is renamed Tokyo, and Edo Castle becomes the Imperial Palace.
