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The king holds his court in the castle of Jedo, which is much stronger and more sumptuous than that of Surunga; and the king was besides better guarded and attended than his father the emperor.
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Malo, or Malee, (as Major Harris spells it,) is westward from Koocha, and not far from Jajo, (certainly the Jedo of Salt,) and which is at a considerable distance from the sea, (_Geographical Bulletin_, No. 114.)
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 Various
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I wrote this day to Mr Adams, who was then at _Jedo_, [11] nearly 300 leagues from Firando, to inform him of our arrival.
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Coming to the land of _Quanto_, and near to the city of _Eddo, [Jedo,] _
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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Oringgaw is on the main island of Japan or _Niphon_, and is only fourteen or fifteen leagues from Jedo, the capital and greatest city of the empire.
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Jedo is situated at the head of a deep gulf of the same name, in the south-east corner of Japan.
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Eddo, or Jedo, at the head of a bay of that name, likewise on the south side of Niphon, is in lat. 35° 38 'long.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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Jedo, a city of Japan as large as London, where the Japanese nobility have very beautiful houses, now mostly destroyed or greatly injured.
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_Jedo_ is now the capital and residence of the temporal sovereign, _Meaco_ of the once spiritual sovereign, now reduced to chief priest of the national religion.
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At Jedo, Osaka, and Miaco, there is the best dying of all sorts of colours, as red, black, and green; and for gliding gold and silver, is better than the Chinese varnish.
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