slow reduction of usage after the transfer of power in Japan in 1868 resulted in the change of name from Edo to Tokyo. The reference to Jeddo is thus most commonly found in English publications after the mid-1850s. An article dated March 15, 1856 refers to an earthquake in Jeddo, Japan. Another New York Times article from 1861 refers to Edo as Jeddo, in an article about ministers of European powers fleeing Edo after violence there. Books on travel to Japan in the 1850s and 1860s refer to Jeddo as the capital of Japan. Today the use of the words "Jeddo" and "Yedo" or "Yeddo" is very rare among English speakers or in print. The names adopted for American places The visits by Perry to Japan, as described in his three-volume account, resulted in an increase in popular interest in America about Japan. Japan's previous isolation, the new opportunities for profitable trade, and the revelations of the sophistication of the Japanese in arts, aesthetics and manner resulted in a growth of appreciation of Japanese culture in Europe and the United States known as Japonism. This increase in interest was reflected in naming in America of new places with the names of "Jeddo" or "Yeddo". Preference of Americans for "Jeddo" over "Yedo" (or "Yeddo") may be inferred from the fact that ten places in the United States bear the name "Jeddo", but only one town bears a variant of the name of "Yedo", There are ten places named Jeddo, or a variant, in the United States. These are: Jeddo, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County, a borough, a locale and a populated place. Jeddo, Michigan, in St. Clair County, a populated place. Jeddo, Texas, in Bastrop County, a cemetery, and a populated place. Jeddo, New York, in Orleans County, a populated place, and a creek. Jeddo, Alabama, in Franklin County. historical post office. Jeddo, Alabama, in Monroe County, historical post office, and populated place. Jeddo, Missouri, in Knox County, a township, populated place and school. Jeddo City, Iowa, in Harrison County, a historical post office and a locale. Jeddo Run, Ohio, in Jefferson County, a creek. Jeddoe, Ohio, in Portage County, a populated place. There is one town using a variant of Yedo as a place name: Yeddo, Indiana, in Fountain County, a populated place. See also Edo Tokugawa shogunate Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and