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Description for Tokyo
Paperback. Tokyo is a vibrant city where the cultures of the East and the West are remixed into perceptibly Japanese forms. The book traces the cultural and literary history of Tokyo from an obscure fishing village to one of the largest metropolises in the world. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Cities of the Imagination
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904955511
SKU
V9781904955511
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Stephen Mansfield
Stephen Mansfield is an author and photojournalist who has been living on the edges of Tokyo since the late 1980s.
Reviews for Tokyo
'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
Japan Times