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Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology
Jinnai Hidenobu
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Description for Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology
Hardcover. This is an investigation into what remains of the old city of Tokyo. The author explored the streets on foot using old maps, and found that, despite an almost completely new cityscape, present day inhabitants divide Tokyo's space in much the same way that their ancestors did 200 years earlier. Translator(s): Nishimura, Kimiko. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 black-and-white photographs; 70 black-and-white line drawings, maps, and wood. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AMVD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Tokyo: destroyed by the earthquake of 1923 and again by the firebombing of World War II. Does anything remain of the old city? The internationally known Japanese architectural historian Jinnai Hidenobu set out on foot to rediscover the city of Tokyo. Armed with old maps, he wandered through back alleys and lanes, trying to experience the city's space as it had been lived by earlier residents. He found that, despite an almost completely new cityscape, present-day inhabitants divide Tokyo's space in much the same way that their ancestors did two hundred years before. Jinnai's holistic perspective is enhanced by his ... Read more
Tokyo: destroyed by the earthquake of 1923 and again by the firebombing of World War II. Does anything remain of the old city? The internationally known Japanese architectural historian Jinnai Hidenobu set out on foot to rediscover the city of Tokyo. Armed with old maps, he wandered through back alleys and lanes, trying to experience the city's space as it had been lived by earlier residents. He found that, despite an almost completely new cityscape, present-day inhabitants divide Tokyo's space in much the same way that their ancestors did two hundred years before. Jinnai's holistic perspective is enhanced by his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520071353
SKU
V9780520071353
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About Jinnai Hidenobu
Jinnai Hidenobu is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Hosei University in Tokyo.
Reviews for Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology
It was a particular pleasure to discover Tokyo: A Spatial Anthropology, for Jinnai's book is precisely a guide to Tokyo-literacy. By this, I do not mean that it is a conventional guidebook. . . . Rather, it is a book about the historical and social logic of Tokyo: a compelling exploration of the reasons why the city acquired is ... Read more