Old Tokyo bridges the gap between Tokyo's cultural heritage and its present, describing in close detail how it evolved from the shogun capital of a closed society to the international capital of an expanding country.

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Edo: 'Door to the Bay'

2 Earthquakes: Beginnings of Tokyo

3 'Bunmei kaika' and Modernization in Tokyo

4 Taisho Democracy and Mass Culture

Glossary of Japanese Terms

Selected Bibliography

Index