Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989: The Emergence of the World's Greatest City; Two Volumes in One: LOW...

— —

Edward Seidensticker Donald Richie

Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989

The Emergence of the World's Greatest City; Two Volumes in One: LOW CITY, HIGH CITY and TOKYO...

Edward Seidensticker, Donald Richie, Paul Waley

$29.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Tuttle
01 June 2018

History; Asian history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

Series: Tuttle Classics

"""These two volumes by Edward Seidensticker may well be the envy of every university press…desirable reading for amateur historians and tourists alike.""—Thomas Stanley, Director of Walk Japan Limited

There can be few cities in the world that live, pulsate, and breathe through their geography as Tokyo does, few cities with a history that shifts through the creases of space as does that of Tokyo. This is particularly ironic in a city whose neighborhoods today hold few distinctive features and whose gentle topography has been all but obscured by batteries of building. But it was not always so, and what better way is there of writing Tokyo's history than by reflecting this shifting geography as neighborhoods prospered and declined while others, more aspirational, climbed up the socio–spacial ladder? This is precisely what Edward Seidensticker does in the pages of these books, brought together here together for the first time under one cover with numerous illustrations and an insert of beautifully colored Japanese woodblock prints of Tokyo from the era.

Tokyo: From Edo to Showa tells the story and history of Tokyo's transformation from the Shogun's capital in an isolated Japan to one of the most renowned modern cities in the world. With the same scholarship and style that won him admiration as one of the premier translators of Japanese literature, Seidensticker offers the reader his own brilliant picture of a whole society suddenly emerging into the modern world. By turns elegiac and funny, reflective and crisp, Tokyo: From Edo to Showa is an important cultural history of Asia's greatest city."

By: Edward Seidensticker
Preface by: Donald Richie
Introduction by: Paul Waley
Imprint: Tuttle
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9784805310243
ISBN 10: 4805310243
Series: Tuttle Classics
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 01 June 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989: The Emergence of the World's Greatest City; Two Volumes in One: LOW CITY, HIGH CITY and TOKYO RISING

These two volumes by Edward Seidensticker may well be the envy of every university press: they are books which deserve to be on every scholar's shelf, which should be assigned regularly to students in classes and which are desirable reading for am Seidensticker is of course one of the most respected translators of Japanese literature into English, and the beauty of his landmark Genji and Kawabata editions long ago helped draw me into the world of Japanese literature. Tokyo was the city he loved an