Tokyo Before Tokyo

Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo

Tokyo Before Tokyo
Timon Screech
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Paperback
h220 x 171mm - 272pg
1 Sep 2020 UK
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9781789142334
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Tokyo today is one of the world' s mega-cities and the center of a scintillating, hyper-modern culture - but not everyone is aware of its past. Founded in 1590 as the seat of the warlord Tokugawa family, Tokyo, then called Edo, was the locus of Japanese trade, economics, and urban civilization until 1868, when it mutated into Tokyo and became Japan' s modern capital. This beautifully illustrated book presents important sites and features from the rich history of Edo, taken from contemporary sources such as diaries, guidebooks, and woodblock prints. These include the huge bridge on which the city was centered; the vast castle of the Shogun; sumptuous Buddhist temples, bars, kabuki theaters, and Yoshiwara - the famous red-light district.
Timon Screech is Professor in the History of Art at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and, concurrently, Permanent Visiting Professor at Tama Art University, Tokyo. He is the author of many books including Sex and the Floating World: Erotic Images in Japan, 1700-1820 (2nd Edition Reaktion, 2009).
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781789142334
Published: 1 Sep 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 220mm
Width: 171mm
Pages: 272

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