Tokyo: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination): A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination)

Tokyo: A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination): A Cultural and Literary History (Cities of the Imagination)

by StephenMansfield (Author)

Synopsis

Tokyo is a vibrant city where the cultures of the East and the West are remixed into perceptibly Japanese forms. This book traces the cultural and literary history of Tokyo from an obscure fishing village to one of the largest metropolises in the world.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Signal Books Ltd
Published: 16 Mar 2009

ISBN 10: 1904955517
ISBN 13: 9781904955511

Media Reviews
'Tokyo's cultural history, which is what Mansfield so splendidly serves us, is a template of its times, and in offering it, this book joins the best. Scholarly but packed, pungent and personal, it gives us the new key to the city.' --Japan Times
Author Bio
Stephen Mansfield is an author and photojournalist who has been living on the edges of Tokyo since the late 1980s.