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私の浅草 幼少時代 明治大正
MEIJI ERA · 明治 · 1890s · v3
Childhood Years
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro
谷崎潤一郎
Japan's preeminent modernist novelist, writing in his seventies, traces the lost merchant world of Nihombashi — bridges, bookshops, a kidnapping, and the Kabukiza.
MEIJI ERA · 明治 · 1901 · routes 1–85 complete
A Handbook for Travellers in Japan
Chamberlain & Mason
旅行案内書
The complete Meiji guidebook mapped — Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū, Tōhoku, Yezo, Luchu, and Formosa.
MEIJI ERA · 明治 · 1909 · v3
Every-day Japan
Arthur Lloyd
アーサー・ロイド
An English scholar's affectionate survey of the whole country after twenty-five years' residence — the wards and markets of old Tokyo out to Nikko, Fuji, the Inland Sea and Kyushu.
TAISHO ERA · 大正 · 1920s · v8
My Asakusa
Sadako Sawamura
澤村貞子
A celebrated actress recalls her childhood in the shitamachi entertainment district — temples, theatres, restaurant kitchens, and the great Sumida fireworks.