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The Bells of Old Tokyo

Meditations on Time and a City

The Bells of Old Tokyo( )
Author: Sherman, Anna
ISBN:978-1-250-20640-4
Publication Date:Aug 2019
Publisher:Picador
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $28.00
Book Description:

An elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents From 1632 until 1854, Japan's rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, a near isolation that fostered a remarkable and unique culture that endures to this day. In hypnotic prose and sensual detail, Anna Sherman describes searching for the great bells by which the inhabitants of Edo, later called Tokyo, kept the hours in the shoguns' city. An exploration of Tokyo becomes a meditation not...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Customs & Traditions
History / Asia / Japan
Travel / Asia / East / Japan
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.55 x 8.51 x 1.17 Inches
Book Weight:0.902 Pounds



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