The Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa period, is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional daimyo, or feudal lords. From Wikipedia
The series, described as 'Shogun meets Squid Game,' features 292 samurai competing for a massive cash prize in a historical Edo-period setting.