Tokyo City

This article is about the historical municipality. For the present-day city, see Tokyo.

Tokyo City
東京市
City of Japan
1889–1943
Coat of arms of Tokyo
Coat of arms
Mitsukoshi in Nihonbashi

History 
• Established
1 May 1889
• Disestablished
1 July 1943
Political subdivisions35 wards
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Edo
Special wards of Tokyo
Map of Tokyo City before the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
Tokyo Prefectural Office and Tokyo City Hall
Administrative map of "Greater Tokyo" (大東京 Dai-Tōkyō), the merger of 82 municipalities into Tokyo City in 1932, and two smaller mergers in 1936

Tokyo City (東京市, Tōkyō-shi) was a municipality in Japan and capital of Tokyo Prefecture (or Tokyo-fu) which existed from 1 May 1889 until the establishment of Tokyo Metropolis on 1 July 1943.[1] The historical boundaries of Tokyo City are now occupied by the special wards of Tokyo. The defunct city and its prefecture became what is now Tokyo, also known as the Tokyo Metropolis or, ambiguously, Tokyo Prefecture.

  1. ^ "東京都年表". Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012.