Tokyo Before Tokyo
Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo
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2020
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-233-4 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-233-4 (ISBN)
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A rich and original history of Edo, the shogun's city that became modern Tokyo.
Tokyo today is one of the world's mega-cities, and
the centre 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, drawn from contemporary sources such as diaries, guidebooks and woodblock prints. These include the huge bridge on which the city was centred, the vast castle of the shogun, sumptuous Buddhist temples, bars, kabuki theatres and the Yoshiwara, Edo's famous red-light district.
Tokyo today is one of the world's mega-cities, and
the centre 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, drawn from contemporary sources such as diaries, guidebooks and woodblock prints. These include the huge bridge on which the city was centred, the vast castle of the shogun, sumptuous Buddhist temples, bars, kabuki theatres and the Yoshiwara, Edo's 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).
Introduction
1 The Ideal City
2 The Centre of the Shogun's Realm
3 Edo as Sacred Space
4 Reading Edo Castle
5 The City's Poetic Presence
6 A Trip to the Yoshiwara
Epilogue: From Edo to Tokyo
References
Selected Sources and Further Reading
General Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.06.2020 |
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Zusatzinfo | 110 illustrations, 105 in colour |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 171 x 220 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
ISBN-10 | 1-78914-233-4 / 1789142334 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-233-4 / 9781789142334 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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