police and internal security force. Their new job would be to ensure civil peace, which they accomplished for over 250 years. During the Edo period the...

in Japan from 1603 to 1868 is known as the Edo period. Before the 10th century, there is no mention of Edo in historical records, but for a few settlements...

associated problems with electroshock weapons. The jitte was a Japanese Edo period police weapon consisting of a round or octagonal metal rod about 30–61 cm...

jitte (十手, "ten hands") is a blunt melee weapon that was used by police in Edo-period Japan (1603–1868). In English-language sources, it is sometimes incorrectly...

baꜜkɯ̥ɸɯ]), also known as the Edo shogunate (江戸幕府, Edo bakufu), was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868. The Tokugawa...

of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which was moved to Sixth street (六条) when the Edo period started, which was then moved to Shimabara in 1640/41. Shimabara was established...

disestablishment of the Edo period police system, was part of the Iwakura Mission to Europe, where he gathered information on Western policing; he was mostly inspired...

February 18, 1844 – September 28, 1915) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi...

refers to the rumor that they were quartered in the garden of Edo Castle. During the Edo period, onmitsu (the term meaning a spy or an undercover detective)...

'private land'. From the shugo of the Muromachi period through the Sengoku period to the daimyo of the Edo period, the rank had a long and varied history. The...

(夢想 權之助 勝吉, fl. c.1605, dates of birth and death unknown) in the early Edo period (1603–1868) and, according to legend, first put to use in a duel with...

Secretary (Vice Commander) of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late Edo period. Though the details of his origin are unclear, he was...

indicated whether it would support the project. In the Meiji period, most structures from the Edo Castle disappeared. Some were cleared to make way for other...

the average small-scale Edo period conflicts; nevertheless, there were gunsmiths in Japan producing guns through the Edo period. Isolation did not decrease...

sasumata in the Muromachi period, most sources discuss its use in the Edo period. In Edo period Japan the samurai were in charge of police operations. The sasumata...

considered the Edo period. Regardless of the dates chosen, the Sengoku period overlaps substantially with the Muromachi period (1336–1573). This period was characterized...

(2005). "Law Enforcement in the Edo Period". In: Japan Echo, vol. 31 n. 3, June 2005. p. 59-62. National Police Agency Police History Compilation Committee...

horse-mounted samurai were no longer the main military force. During the Edo period (1603 to 1868) horses were no longer needed for warfare and the samurai...

1797–1831), a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo (present-day Tokyo) during the Edo period. His exploits have been commemorated in kabuki theatre...

attraction for people to see, and as the town dōshin (low-ranking Edo period police) came around to strength the security, the number of stones dwindled...

and the two Edo machi bugyō. These last alternated by month as chief administrator of the city. Their role encompassed mayor, chief of police, and judge...

two preceding ones, they were referred to as gokenin. However, in the Edo period, hatamoto were the upper vassals of the Tokugawa house, and the gokenin...

Fires in Edo (江戸), the former name of Tokyo, during the Edo period (1600−1868) of Japan were so frequent that the city of Edo was characterized as the...

shogunate, which governed from Edo (modern Tokyo), presided over a prosperous and peaceful era known as the Edo period (1600–1868). The Tokugawa shogunate...

filled in the past. During the Edo period, they came to represent a hereditary class. On the other hand, from the mid-Edo period, chōnin (townsman) and farmers...

of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi...

joined the Rōshigumi in Edo, they arrived in Mibu, Kyoto and remained there as the Mibu Rōshigumi while the rest returned to Edo. Later, when Mibu Rōshigumi...

Azuchi–Momoyama period (between the end of the Muromachi period in 1573 and the beginning of the Edo period in 1603) as the turbulent Sengoku period drew to a...

the rider's foot eventually replaced the earlier design. During the Nara period, the base of the stirrup which supported the rider's sole was elongated...

katana. In the relatively peaceful Edo period, katana increased in importance as a weapon, and at the end of the Edo period, shishi (political activists) fought...