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The winning entry of the 27th "Mountain Film and Peach Award". This book tells the story of Tokyo before it became the capital of modern Japan. Before 1868, it was not called Tokyo. At that time, the city was always called Edo. Edo Castle was founded in 1590, and Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate here, thus beginning its prosperous period. As the center of Japan's trade, economy, and urban civilization, Edo did not evolve into Tokyo until 1868, becoming Japan's modern capital. Why did the Tokugawa Shogunate choose Edo Castle as the center of political power, and what kind of urban layout and planning did it have for Edo Castle? How did Edo establish its status as the capital step by step, and how were those famous landmarks and buildings built? What cultural heritage did the Tokugawa Shogunate have under its jurisdiction over Edo Castle for more than two hundred years? What cultural heritage did it leave to today's Tokyo? This book selects more than a hundred exquisite illustrations and combines diaries, travel guides, woodblock prints and other materials to vividly and in detail tell the origin and growth history of Edo in order to explore the historical genes of Tokyo, a charming city.