火事と喧嘩は江戸の華

かじとけんかはえどのはな

fights and fires are Edo's flowers

江戸

えど

old name of Tokyo

江戸紫

えどむらさき

bluish-violet, royal purple

江戸前

えどまえ

Tokyo style

江戸語

えどご

Edo dialect

小江戸

こえど

Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo

江戸湾

えどわん

Edo Bay

江戸川

えどがわ

Edo River

江戸間

えどま

standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm)

江戸城

えどじょう

Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)

江戸子

えどこ

true Tokyoite, person born and raised in Edo

江戸絵

えどえ

Edo-made ukiyo-e

江戸菊

えどぎく

Edo chrysanthemum, variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo

江戸者

えどもの

true Tokyoite, person born and raised in Edo

江戸弁

えどべん

Edo dialect

江戸幕府

えどばくふ

Edo shogunate (1603-1867)

江戸時代

えどじだい

Edo period (1603-1868 CE)

江戸っ子

えどっこ

true Tokyoite, person born and raised in Edo

江戸味噌

えどみそ

Edo miso, type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period (usu. low-salt and made with rice koji)