Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989
Subtitle: the emergence of the world's greatest city
By: Edward Seidensticker ; introduction by Paul Waley ; preface by Donald Richie
Series: Tuttle Classics; Tuttle classics
Publisher: Tuttle Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tokyo; Rutland, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 636
ISBN-13: 9784805310243
Subjects: Social life and customs; Social change; Case studies; Capitals (Cities); Tōkyōto-Rekishi; Social conditions; City and town life; History
Other titles: Low city, high city.; Tokyo rising.
Notes: "Two volumes in one, Low city, high city and Tokyo rising"--P. [1] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: book 1. Low city, high city. The end and the beginning; title: Civilization and enlightenment; title: The double life; title: The decay of the decadent; title: Low city, high city; title: The Taisho look; title: book 2. Tokyo rising. The days after; title: Happy reconstruction days; title: Darker days; title: The day of the cod and the sweet potato; title: Olympian days; title: Balmy days of late Shōwa.