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The Great Edo Metropolis  

Urban development in Edo / Edo no Taihen (great pivotal events of Edo) / Great-Edo Map   
Urban development in Edo ＞ [  The beginning of Edo as castle town  ] [  Reconstruction of the city after "Great Fire of Meireki"  ] [  The Emergence of "Greater Edo" (Ōedo)  ]

Although the city of Edo started as a political center inhabited mostly by samurai, the shape of the city was transformed as time passed. The townscape of Edo was especially affected by the Great Fire of Meireki which brought enormous damage.

Urban development in Edo ＞ [  The beginning of Edo as castle town  ] [  Reconstruction of the city after "Great Fire of Meireki"  ] [  The Emergence of "Greater Edo" (Ōedo)  ]