Edo Shogun ate was founded in Edo by Ieyasu Tokugawa who was also a vassal of Nobunaga Oda. Early in Edo period was still unstable due to wars caused by feudal lords and rebellion. However, those were put down and a relationship of lord and vassal was established before the 4th Shogun took over the shogun position. Many feudal lords had to visit Edo for a year in turn and those wive and children had to stay in Edo as hostages. Also, feudal lords had spent a lot of cost to go to Edo since they could not go there by themselves and needed to bring other people such as Samurai and servant who served those feudal lords. It caused a growth of traffic system, and post towns on each road flourished because those people needed to stop and take a rest on the way to Edo.

  Whenever Shogun changed, each Shogun had issued an official notice. For instance, the 4th Shogun put out  an official notice that a vassal must not follow his lord to the grave and the vassal must piedge his loyalty to his lord's family. An idea of killing oneself was used to a virtue among vassals after their lords passed away. The 5th Shogun issued that people should not hurt and kill any living things, which include insects such as mosquito. This official

notification was canceled when a next person took over the Shogun position. However, those two notices had a strong influence on and changed the Japanese custom. Vassals stopped killing themselves, and they served only a family for a long time. People stopped eating meat, which included dog meat, for a while during the 5th Shogun period. Japanese people do not eat a dog meat since it is not a part of custom at present time of Japan. Many rebellions occurred because of a tyranny or a famine in each region. However, people who attended those rebellions tend to be farmers and sharecroppers. Samurai barely helped those events. This implied how stable the Shogun ate was during Edo period as compared with other Shogun ate and time periods.  However, the unshakable state of the Edo Shogun ate changed after the opening of Japan to the European country and a new time period began after 23 years.

Culture  A development of agricultural techniques increased the productivity of farm products, and many farmers began to grow other plants for selling. Money economy permeated among people in towns and villages. Those promoted the growth of manufacture in towns and villages. Products from areas were transported to other areas; therefore, transportation systems for connecting between those areas and main towns developed such as a road and sea route. A post town, mining town,  port town and other kind of town in each region had flourished. There were three main town in Edo period, and each town had a different characteristic. Edo, where the Edo shogun ate was, had the highest population in Japan. According to a record, the population reached about a million, and half of the number was a population of Samurai in Edo since Edo was the center of politics. Many handicraftsmen and merchants were also in Edo to support Samurai's life. Kyoto was the capital of Japan, and Royal family and cort nobles lived in Kyoto. There were many Kimono shops since one of famous kimono textiles in Japan is Nishijin textiles originated in Kyoto. There were also many temples and shrines. Osaka was a large commercial town, so many goods from other regions were collected to Osaka before those were transferred to other major cities. Therefore, there were many people who engaged in business.

  Although an isolation from other countries lasted for 200 years, Nagasaki was the only one place where every foreign trading kept during the isolation term. The Edo Shogun ate restricted the trading and had a trade to only China and Holland because of a prohibitation on Christianity. During the isolation time, unique art techniques were developed in Japan because of less European influence. For instance, Kakiemon invested own dyed figures on pottery after he learned an art skill from China. Another example is Ukiyoe that drawing tedhnique developed during Edo period and had an effect on European artist later 19th century. Science books, such as medical science, human anatomy, geography, and astronomy,  from Holland were brought and translated into Japanese. Especially, a medical science books lead a medical development in Japan. People considered an importance of studies; therefore, not only medical science but also other studies were developed. The Edo Shogun ate had regarded Confucianism as important because of politeness, loyalty and filial piety.

Food in Edo period

   Edo Period lasted about 270 years. Many things developed and many events occurred during this period. New cook were aslo introduced from Europe. For example, Tempra is famous as a Japanese food. However, this food was based on an European food. According to a material, people learned to cook by watching what missionaries ate in Momoyama period. However, the food was not popular until a person brought the recipe to Edo in middle of Edo period and planed to sell the food. Since the food had no name, he asked a novelist to give a name on the food. The novelist named it Tempra. The food was used to sell at a stall in Edo period, but it became an expensive food as time went.Introduction of strawberry and soft drink were on a record in later Edo period. Several restaurants started to serve beef and a western food restaurant opened. Peoplehad to be interested in those new dish and drink.