Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868Nishiyama Matsunosuke is one of the most important historians of Tokugawa (Edo) popular culture, yet until now his work has never been translated into a Western language. Edo Culture presents a selection of Nishiyama’s writings that serves not only to provide an excellent introduction to Tokugawa cultural history but also to fill many gaps in our knowledge of the daily life and diversions of the urban populace of the time. Many essays focus on the most important theme of Nishiyama’s work: the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries as a time of appropriation and development of Japan’s culture by its urban commoners. |
Contents
The Study of EdoPeriod Culture | 7 |
Provincial Culture of the Kasei Period 18041830 | 95 |
The Social Context of No | 181 |
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Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600–1868 Kazuo Nishiyama Limited preview - 1997 |
Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600â 1868 Kazuo Nishiyama No preview available - 1997 |
Edo Culture: Daily Life and Diversions in Urban Japan, 1600â 1868 Kazuo Nishiyama No preview available - 1997 |