(DOWNLOAD) "The Tôkaidô Road" by Jilly Traganou * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

eBook details

Title: The Tôkaidô Road
Author : Jilly Traganou
Release Date : January 02, 2004
Genre: Asia,Books,History,Nonfiction,Social Science,
Pages : * pages
Size : 12664 KB

Description

The Tôkaidô Road offers a comparative study of the Tôkaidô road's representations during the Edo (1600-1868) and Meiji (1868-1912) eras. Throughout the Edo era, the Tôkaidô highway was the most important route of Japan and transportation was confined to foot travel. In 1889, the Tôkaidô Railway was established, at first paralleling and eventually almost eliminating the use of the highway. During both periods, the Tôkaidô was a popular topic of representation and was depicted in a variety of visual and literary media. After the installation of the railway in the Meiji era, the Tôkaidô was presented as a landscape of progress, modernity and westernisation. Such representations were fundamental in shaping the Tôkaidô and the realm of travelling in the collective consciousness of the Japanese people.