A short history of Tokyo

• Material Type: 図書
• ISBN: 9781912208975 paperback; 1912208970 paperback
• ISBN (error code): 9781913368005 electronic book
• Title: A short history of Tokyo
• Author/Editor: by Jonathan Clements
• Edition: First paperback edition
• Title Heading: Armchair traveller's history of Tokyo.
• Author Heading: Clements, Jonathan, 1971- ( 001264748 )Authorities
• Publication, Distribution, etc.: [London] : Haus Publishing Ltd (出版)
• Publication Date: [2020]
• Publication Date (W3CDTF): 2020
• Extent: 170 pages
• Size: 20 cm
• Place of Publication (Country Code): GB
• Text Language Code: eng
• Genre/Form Terms: History.
• Content Type: text
• Media Type: unmediated
• Carrier Type: volume
• Subject Heading: Civilization.; Tokyo (Japan)--History; Tokyo (Japan)--Civilization; Japan--Tokyo.
• LCC: DS896.6
• DDC: 952/.135
• NDLC: GC67
• Target Audience: 一般
• Note (General): First published in Great Britain in 2018 as An armchair traveller's history of Tokyo; Place of publication obtained from publisher website
• Note (Content): Tokyo, which in Japanese means the "Eastern Capital," has only enjoyed that name and status for 150 years. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the city that is now Tokyo was a sprawling fishing town by the bay named Edo. Earlier still, in the Middle Ages, it was Edojuku, an outpost overlooking farmlands. And thousands of years ago, its mudflats and marshes were home to elephants, deer, and marine life. In this compact history, Jonathan Clements traces Tokyo's fascinating story from the first forest clearances and the samurai wars to the hedonistic "floating world" of the last years of the Shogunate. He illuminates the Tokyo of the twentieth century with its destruction and redevelopment, boom and bust without forgoing the thousand years of history that have led to the Eastern Capital as we know it. Tokyo is so entwined with the history of Japan that it can be hard to separate them, and A Short History of Tokyo tells both the story of the city itself and offers insight into Tokyo's position at the nexus of power and people that has made the city crucial to the events of the whole country
• Note (Bibliography): Includes bibliographical references and index
• Collection (particular): 日本関係外国語図書
• Holding library: 国立国会図書館
• Call No.: GC67-D4
• Data Provider (Database): 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書; https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp
• Bibliographic ID (NDL): 030724749; http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/030724749
• OCLC No.: 1140779094; https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1140779094
• Cataloging Rule: RDA
• Bibliographic Record Category (NDL): 211

• Contents: The Kantō Plain : prehistory to the 1200sThe growth of a city : 1200s-1657The floating world : 1657-1853...