Fun Facts about Japan in the Edo era (1603 to 1867)
Japan is a country that is always at the forefront and will never cease to surprise us! That is why we present you these curious facts about Tokyo, its capital in times of the Edo Era (1603 to 1867) that you may not have known!
70% of the population of Edo were men
Women made up only 30%. Most women married between the ages of 15 and 18. It was considered shameful for women to remain single after the age of 18. They normally did not have the opportunity to marry before the age of 25 due to their jobs. For the most part, they had to spend all their time as servants of some business. If the men worked for a relatively large store or retail business, most of them had no chance of marrying before age 40. This inevitably ended in what we now call an “age gap marriage.”
In the Edo era, the temporary hour system was used .
An hour in the summer was longer than an hour in the winter. The temporal hour system was a way of measuring time by dividing day and night into a certain number of hours.
Most of the fires in Edo were caused by tobacco.
The houses and small constructions in Japan are mainly made of wood and despite cooking inside the house and leaving the fire burning on winter nights, the main cause of the fires was tobacco, which is why the shogunate considered prohibiting smoking inside houses or establishments.
The people of Edo had many kinds of pets.
They kept cats, dogs, and birds, although cats were the most popular, with a pet cemetery in Edo City.
