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Tokyo, as a city name, commonly means the sum of 23
cities (special wards) in the central
Tokyo Prefecture,
Japan (東京市; Tokyo-shi), but no longer it has a corresponding Japanese
word. This article is about the historical Tokyo City, which lasted until
1943. For present Tokyo, see
Tokyo.
History
In 1868, the medieval city
Edo, seat of the
Tokugawa government, was renamed as Tokyo, then Tokyo Prefecture (-fu)
office were opened. The extent of Tokyo Prefecture was initially limitted
to the former
Edo city (15 wards listed below), but rapidly augumented to be
comparable with the present
Tokyo Prefecture.
In 1878, 15 wards and 6 districts are placed under Tokyo Prefecture.
Wards are placed on the former
Edo city.
- Kojimachin (present
Chiyoda)
- Kyobashi (present
Chuo)
- Kanda (present
Chuo)
- Mihonbashi (present
Chiyoda)
- Fukagawa (present
Koto)
- Honjo (present
Sumida)
- Asakusa (present
Taito)
- Shitaya (present
Taito)
- Hongo (present
Bunkyo)
- Koishikawa (present
Bunkyo)
- Ushigome (present
Shinjuku)
- Yotsuya (present
Shinjuku)
- Akasaka (present
Minato)
- Azabu (present
Minato)
- Shiba (present
Minato)
In 1889, Tokyo City (-shi) was formed with these 15 wards.
In 1832, Tokyo City was augumented with 20 wards from surrounding
districts.
- Joto (present
Koto)
- Mukojima (present
Sumida)
- Arakawa (present
Arakawa)
- Takinokawa (present
Kita)
- Toshima (present
Koto)
- Yodobashi (present
Koto)
- Shibuya (present
Shibuya)
- Meguro (present
Meguro)
- Ebara (present
Shinagawa)
- Shinagawa (present
Shinagawa)
- Edogawa (present
Edogawa)
- Katsushika (present
Katsushika)
- Adachi (present
Adachi)
- Oji (present
Kita)
- Itabashi (present
Itabashi and
Nerima)
- Nakano (present
Nakano)
- Suginami (present
Suginami)
- Setagaya (present
Setagaya)
- Omori (present
Ota)
- Kamata (present
Ota)
In 1943, Tokyo City and Tokyo Prefecture were united into Tokyo
Metropolitan Prefecture (-to). Previous wards became directly
administered by the Prefecture.
In 1947, Tokyo Metropolitan Prefecture was reformed as a common
prefecture, while retaining its name and subtle speciality. Previous wards
are merged into 22 and got qualifications comparable to the city.
In 1947,
Nerima was separated from
Itabashi.
Municipality
Until 1947, peoples in Tokyo City had enjoyed a limitted municipality
compared to counterparts in other areas of Japan.
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