Question

What were the factors for significant economic change in mid 18th century?

Answer 1

1. The economic history of Japan is most studied for the spectacular social and economic growth in the 1800s after the Meiji Restoration,

2. ... By the mid-18th century, Edo had a population of more than 1 million and Osaka and Kyoto each had more than 400,000 inhabitants. ...

3. Structural economic changes, however, were unable to check the slowing of economic growth as the economy matured in the late