Portraits of Edo and Early Modern Japan : The Shogun's Capital in Zuihitsu Writings, 1657-1855

This volume presents a series of five portraits of Edo, the central region of urban space today known as Tokyo, from the great fire of 1657 to the devastating earthquake of 1855. This book endeavors to allow Edo, or at least some of the voices that constituted Edo, to do most of the speaking.