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Seidensticker Edward - A History Of Tokyo 1867 - 1989 From Edo To Showa: The Emergence Of The World's Greatest City - Paperback
Seidensticker Edward - A History Of Tokyo 1867 - 1989 From Edo To Showa: The Emergence Of The World's Greatest City - Paperback
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Description: Explore Tokyo's incredible journey from a feudal past to a global metropolis in Edward Seidensticker's captivating narrative a must - read for history enthusiasts and curious travelers eager to delve into the city's remarkable evolution. Edward Seidensticker's A History of Tokyo 1867 - 1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transformation from the Shogun's capital in an isolated Japan to the largest and the most modern city in the world. With the same scholarship and sparkling style that won him admiration as the foremost translator of great works of Japanese literature Seidensticker offers the reader his brilliant vision of an entire society suddenly wrenched from an ancient feudal past into the modern world in a few short decades and the enormous stresses and strains that this brought with it. Originally published as two volumes Seidensticker's masterful work is now available in a handy single paperback volume. Whether you're a history buff or Tokyo - bound traveler looking to learn more this insightful book offers a fascinating look at how the Tokyo that we know came to be. This edition contains an introduction by Donald Richie the acknowledged expert on Japanese culture who was a close personal friend of the author and a preface by geographer Paul Waley that puts the book into perspective for modern readers.
Title: A History Of Tokyo 1867 - 1989 From Edo To Showa: The Emergence Of The World's Greatest City
Author(s): Seidensticker Edward
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Barcode: 9784805318119
Pages: 640 Pages, 134 B&W And 23 Color Illus
Publication Date: 5/21/2024
Series: Tuttle Classics
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
Description: Explore Tokyo's incredible journey from a feudal past to a global metropolis in Edward Seidensticker's captivating narrative a must - read for history enthusiasts and curious travelers eager to delve into the city's remarkable evolution. Edward Seidensticker's A History of Tokyo 1867 - 1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transformation from the Shogun's capital in an isolated Japan to the largest and the most modern city in the world. With the same scholarship and sparkling style that won him admiration as the foremost translator of great works of Japanese literature Seidensticker offers the reader his brilliant vision of an entire society suddenly wrenched from an ancient feudal past into the modern world in a few short decades and the enormous stresses and strains that this brought with it. Originally published as two volumes Seidensticker's masterful work is now available in a handy single paperback volume. Whether you're a history buff or Tokyo - bound traveler looking to learn more this insightful book offers a fascinating look at how the Tokyo that we know came to be. This edition contains an introduction by Donald Richie the acknowledged expert on Japanese culture who was a close personal friend of the author and a preface by geographer Paul Waley that puts the book into perspective for modern readers.
Title: A History Of Tokyo 1867 - 1989 From Edo To Showa: The Emergence Of The World's Greatest City
Author(s): Seidensticker Edward
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Barcode: 9784805318119
Pages: 640 Pages, 134 B&W And 23 Color Illus
Publication Date: 5/21/2024
Series: Tuttle Classics
Category: 20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000
