Kyoto’s Renaissance : Ancient Capital for Modern Japan /
Kyoto’s Renaissance : Ancient Capital for Modern Japan /
ed. by John Breen, Maruyama Hiroshi, Takagi Hiroshi.
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: In Search of the Kyoto Modern – -- PART 1: Emperor, Rites, and Religion -- Chapter 1: The Emperor System and Kyoto: Images of the Ancient Capital -- Chapter 2: Performing History: Festivals and Pageants in the Making of Modern Kyoto -- Chapter 3: Buddhism and Society in Modern Kyoto -- PART 2: Urban Spaces, Local Communities, and Cityscapes -- Chapter 4: The Modern Reorganization of Urban Space and Kyoto’s Historicity -- Chapter 5: The Eleventh-Centenary of the Founding of Heian and the Heian Shrine -- Chapter 6: Kyoto’s Forest Policy: Scenic Beauty and Urban Fringe Forests -- PART 3: Industry, Arts, and Craftsmanship -- Chapter 7: Transforming Early Meiji Kyoto: Towards an“Industrial City” -- Chapter 8: Nihonga in Kyoto at the Dawn of the Modern Era -- Chapter 9: Trends in Modern Kyō-yaki Pottery: On Design in the Meiji Period -- The Contributors -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Draws on archive of material, a first in English to take an in-depth look at Kyoto’s modern transformation – its reinvention after ‘collapse’ (Meiji Restoration) and relocation of the imperial court to Tokyo. Includes: introduction, chapters on notable historical elements that sustain Kyoto as a quintessentially modern ‘ancient capital’ today.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781898823933
10.1515/9781898823933 doi
City planning--History--Japan--Kyoto.--19th century
Asian Studies.
East Asia and North East Asia.
History.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
Japan. Kyoto. capital.
952/.1864
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction: In Search of the Kyoto Modern – -- PART 1: Emperor, Rites, and Religion -- Chapter 1: The Emperor System and Kyoto: Images of the Ancient Capital -- Chapter 2: Performing History: Festivals and Pageants in the Making of Modern Kyoto -- Chapter 3: Buddhism and Society in Modern Kyoto -- PART 2: Urban Spaces, Local Communities, and Cityscapes -- Chapter 4: The Modern Reorganization of Urban Space and Kyoto’s Historicity -- Chapter 5: The Eleventh-Centenary of the Founding of Heian and the Heian Shrine -- Chapter 6: Kyoto’s Forest Policy: Scenic Beauty and Urban Fringe Forests -- PART 3: Industry, Arts, and Craftsmanship -- Chapter 7: Transforming Early Meiji Kyoto: Towards an“Industrial City” -- Chapter 8: Nihonga in Kyoto at the Dawn of the Modern Era -- Chapter 9: Trends in Modern Kyō-yaki Pottery: On Design in the Meiji Period -- The Contributors -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Draws on archive of material, a first in English to take an in-depth look at Kyoto’s modern transformation – its reinvention after ‘collapse’ (Meiji Restoration) and relocation of the imperial court to Tokyo. Includes: introduction, chapters on notable historical elements that sustain Kyoto as a quintessentially modern ‘ancient capital’ today.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781898823933
10.1515/9781898823933 doi
City planning--History--Japan--Kyoto.--19th century
Asian Studies.
East Asia and North East Asia.
History.
HISTORY / Asia / Japan.
Japan. Kyoto. capital.
952/.1864