The Kidai Shōran scroll : Tokyo street life in the Edo period /

The Kidai Shōran is a magnificent painted Japanese scroll over 12 meters long. It is an artistic rendering of one of the most iconic streets of Edo (now Tokyo) at the beginning of the nineteenth century, covering five blocks of the main shopping thoroughfare leading south fromthe Imagawabashi Bridge...

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Main Authors: Ozawa, Hiromu, 1947- (Author), Kobayashi, Tadashi, 1941- (Author)
Other Authors: Carpenter, Juliet Winters (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020
Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2020
Tokyo, Japan : 2020
Edition:First English edition
Series:Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
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Table of Contents:
  • World of Kidai Shōran: life in Edo, 200 years ago / Ozawa Hiromu
  • Streets and districts in the vicinity of Nihonbashi
  • The scroll in its entirety
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part I. Edo merchants' roots. A merchant's career path. A merchant's life plan. Merchants on the road
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran. Part II. Edo merchants and fires. Treating disease.
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part III. Merchants' attire. Merchants' pastime
  • Strolling through Kiadai Shōran Part IV. Merchants' amusements. Merchants' favorite reading
  • Occupations and arts illustrated in Kidai Shōran
  • A guided tour through Kidai Shōran
  • More about the picture scroll Kidai Shōran / Kobayashi Tadashi
  • The location of the Kidai Shōran Scroll
  • World of Kidai Shōran: life in Edo / Ozawa Hiromu
  • Streets and districts in the vicinty of Nihonbashi
  • The scroll in its entirety
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part I. Edo merchants' roots. A merchant's carreer path. Merchants on the road
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran. Part II. Edo merchants and fires. Treating disease.
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part III. Merchants' attire. Merchants' pastime
  • Strolling through Kiadai Shōran Part IV. Merchants' amusements. Merchants' favorite reading
  • Occupations and arts illustrated in Kidai Shōran
  • A guided tour through Kidai Shōran
  • More about the picture scroll Kidai Shōran / Kobayashi Tadashi
  • The location of the Kidai Shōran Scroll
  • World of Kidai Shōran: life in Edo, 200 years ago / Ozawa Hiromu
  • Streets and districts in the vicinity of Nihonbashi
  • The scroll in its entirety
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part I Edo merchants' roots. A merchant's career path. A merchant's life plan. Merchants on the road
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part II. Edo merchants and fires. Treating disease.
  • Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part III. Merchants' attire. Merchants' pastime
  • Strolling through Kiadai Shōran Part IV. Merchants' amusements. Merchants' favorite reading
  • Occupations and arts illustrated in Kidai Shōran
  • A guided tour through Kidai Shōran
  • More about the picture scroll Kidai Shōran / Kobayashi Tadashi
  • The location of the Kidai Shōran Scroll.