Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo by Timon Screech (review)

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Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo by Timon Screech (review)

Matthew Fraleigh

The Journal of Japanese studies, Vol.48(1), pp.174-178

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jjs.2022.0012

Abstract

Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- 1600-1868

Tokyo (Japan) -- In art

Edojō (Tokyo, Japan) -- Pictorial works

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Japan

Matthew Fraleigh reviews "Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun's City of Edo". By Timon Screech. Reaktion Books, 2020. 240 pages

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Title: Tokyo Before Tokyo; Book Review
Creators: Matthew Fraleigh (Author) - Brandeis University, Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature
Publication Details: The Journal of Japanese studies, Vol.48(1), pp.174-178
Identifiers: 9924144122701921
Copyright: Copyright © 2022 Society for Japanese Studies
Academic Unit: Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Literature and Culture; Department of German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature; Interdepartmental Program in East Asian Studies; Interdepartmental Program in Film, Television and Interactive Media; Master of Arts Program in Comparative Humanities
Language: English
Resource Type: Review