Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 125 mm x 195 mm, Gewicht: 158 g
Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 125 mm x 195 mm, Gewicht: 158 g
ISBN: 978-1-912208-97-5
Verlag: Haus Publishing
Tokyo, the ‘Eastern Capital’, has only enjoyed that name and status for 150 years. Before then, it was Edo, a sprawling town by the bay. Earlier still, it was Edojuku, a medieval outpost overlooking farmlands. And, thousands of years ago, its mudflats and marshes were home to elephants, deer and marine life.
Jonathan Clements traces Tokyo’s fascinating history from the first forest clearances and the samurai wars to the hedonistic ‘floating world’ era – and onwards to the twentieth century with its destruction and redevelopment, boom and bust. So entwined is Tokyo with the history of Japan that it can be hard to separate them – its position at the nexus of power and people for over a thousand years has made it crucial to the events of the whole country.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction // 1
1. The Kanto Plain: Prehistory to the 1200s // 9
The Yayoi People // 12
The Flying Head // 16
2. The Growth of a City: 1200s-1657 // 23
Ieyasu's Folly // 27
Alternate Attendance // 34
The Flowers of Edo // 39
3. The Floating World: 1657-1853 // 43
The Place Without Night // 44
The Children of Edo // 54
The Magic Hour // 58
4. The Eastern Capital: 1854-1923 // 63
The Black Ships // 64
Edo Becomes Tokyo // 72
The Banishment of Shadows // 81
The Cloud-Surpassing Tower // 87
5. Tokyo at War: 1923-1952 // 93
After the Quake // 95
X Marks the Spot // 100
Appeasing the Nation // 105
6. The Japanese Miracle: 1952-1989 // 109
The Olympic Dream // 111
The Oil Shocks // 116
The Bubble Era // 121
7. Austerity Tokyo: 1989-2020 // 125
Skyscrapers and the SkyTree // 129
Hope Lights Our Way // 135
Holy Lands // 139
8. Chronology of Major Events // 145
9. Further Reading and References // 155
Index // 165
