The Kidai Shōran scroll : Tokyo street life in the Edo period / Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi ; translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
2020
DS896.8.N5 O9413 2020 (Mapit)
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Title
The Kidai Shōran scroll : Tokyo street life in the Edo period / Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi ; translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Author
Ozawa, Hiromu, 1947- author.
Uniform Title
"Kidai shōran" no Nihonbashi. English
Edition
First English edition
ISBN
9784866581323 (hardcover)
4866581328 (hardcover)
4866581328 (hardcover)
Published
Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2020
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Language Note
Translated from the Japanese
Description
106 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, color maps ; 23 x 31 cm
Call Number
DS896.8.N5 O9413 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
952.135
Summary
"The Kidai Shōran is a magnificent painted Japanese scroll, an artistic rendering of one of the most iconic streets of Edo (as Tokyo was then called) at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It covers five blocks of the main shopping thoroughfare leading south from the Imagawa Bridge to the bridge at Nihonbashi. Though it is believed to have been painted by a well-known artist, its provenance is shrouded in mystery. But over its more than 12-meter length, the artist has given us an almost cinematic look at urban life during the Edo period. More than 1,600 people are depicted here, coming from every walk of society, from samurai to student, hairdressers, minstrels, and geisha. Their activities are portrayed in rich and loving detail: here a young pilgrim receives alms, there a blind masseur rushes to his next appointment, on the other side of the street, a construction crew raises the framing that will become a new shop. In this fascinating book, the authors bring these details to life with expert commentary and knowledgeable analysis of the times when the scroll was created."-- Provided by publisher
Note
Translation of: "Kidai shōran" no Nihonbashi : kakki ni afureta Edo no machi : Berurin Tōyō Bijutsukan zō "kidai shōran" emaki
This book was purposefully produced "backwards" and should be read from right to left.--Cover
This book was purposefully produced "backwards" and should be read from right to left.--Cover
Series
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Translation of
"Kidai shōran" no Nihonbashi.
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Table of Contents
World of Kidai Shōran: life in Edo, 200 years ago / Ozawa Hiromu
Streets and districts in the vicinity of Nihonbashi
The scroll in its entirety
Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part I. Edo merchants' roots. A merchant's career path. A merchant's life plan. Merchants on the road
Strolling through Kidai Shōran. Part II. Edo merchants and fires. Treating disease.
Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part III. Merchants' attire. Merchants' pastime
Strolling through Kiadai Shōran Part IV. Merchants' amusements. Merchants' favorite reading
Occupations and arts illustrated in Kidai Shōran
A guided tour through Kidai Shōran
More about the picture scroll Kidai Shōran / Kobayashi Tadashi
The location of the Kidai Shōran Scroll
Streets and districts in the vicinity of Nihonbashi
The scroll in its entirety
Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part I. Edo merchants' roots. A merchant's career path. A merchant's life plan. Merchants on the road
Strolling through Kidai Shōran. Part II. Edo merchants and fires. Treating disease.
Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part III. Merchants' attire. Merchants' pastime
Strolling through Kiadai Shōran Part IV. Merchants' amusements. Merchants' favorite reading
Occupations and arts illustrated in Kidai Shōran
A guided tour through Kidai Shōran
More about the picture scroll Kidai Shōran / Kobayashi Tadashi
The location of the Kidai Shōran Scroll