The World's Greatest Cities: The History of Tokyo

*Includes pictures


*Chronicles the history of Tokyo over the last several centuries


*Includes accounts of what the city was like across the years


*Includes a bibliography for further reading

After a series of conflicts among feudal lords, the new city of Edo became and remained Japan's beating heart, and in the 17th century, Edo gave birth to a vibrant new urban culture marked by woodblock prints, the kabuki theater, and haiku poetry. By the 18th century, with its ranks swelled thanks t...