Kyoto in Edo Japan

The atlas holds 4 people and 13 moments here, from 1604 to 1868. The most recorded lives are Matsuo Bashō, Emperor Meiji and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Emperor Meiji
from 1852 to 1868
3 moments here
Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito) was emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912. His reign encompassed the Meiji Restoration, the transfer of the imperial court…
Matsuo Bashō
from 1685 to 1694
7 moments here
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, renowned for haikai and for travel writing including Oku no Hosomichi.…
Miyamoto Musashi
in 1604
1 moment here
Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer. His early biography and several event dates are disputed or preserved in later accounts; this…
Tokugawa Ieyasu
from 1611 to 1615
2 moments here
Japanese samurai, daimyo, and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. Born Matsudaira Takechiyo at Okazaki Castle, he spent part of his childhood as a…