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Term: Tōkyō

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.

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(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
early 19th century