Tokyo before Tokyo : power and magic in the Shogun's city of Edo / Timon Screech.

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 illustrated book presents important sites and features from the rich...

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Main Author: Screech, Timon (Author)
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2020.
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Physical Description:238 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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