Backward poem from Tokyo? (3 letters)

{ Answer }

EDO

{ Related Clues }

Ancient Tokyo
Benin native
Native of Benin
Old Tokyo
Samurai's home
Shogunate capital
Shogun's capital
Tokyo formerly
Tokyo, formerly
Tokyo, once
Tokyo, of yore
Tribe of Nigeria
Conductor de Waart
Former name for Tokyo
Former name of Tokyo
Maestro ___ de Waart
Maestro de Waart
Nigerian native or language
Nigerian native or tongue
Old name for Tokyo
Old name of Tokyo
Pre-1868 Tokyo
S Nigerian native
Tokugawa shogunate's capital
Tokyo's former name
Tokyo's old name
___ Period, depicted in "The Last Samurai"

{ Tags }

ancient, capital, conductor, de, edo, former, formerly, japans, language, name, native, nigerian, old, once, shogunate, shoguns, tokyo, tokyos, waart, yore, 1868

{ Notes }

The answer EDO is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.

{ Definition }

EDO as a noun:

1. a member of a west African people living in the tropical forest region of southern Nigeria

2. (Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan) = the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan