Edo culture : daily life and diversions in urban Japan, 1600-1868 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nishiyama, Matsunosuke, 1912-2012
Other Authors: Groemer, Gerald, 1957- (tr.)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Japanese
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c1997.
Series:Japanese history
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Edo : the warrior's city
  • Edokko : the townsperson
  • Iki : the aesthetic of Edo
  • Edo publishing and ukiyo-e
  • Edo temples and shrines
  • Provincial culture of the Kasei Period (1804-1830)
  • Itinerants, actors, pilgrims
  • Edo-Period cuisine
  • The social context fo Nō
  • Social strata and music
  • The aesthetics of Kabuki
  • Popular performing arts : from Edo to Meiji.