The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City, Hardcover - Anna Sherman

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Publisher: Sourcebooks, IncAuthor(s): Casey ShermanNumber of pages: 464Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 236 x 40Cover type: HardbackRedescop...

This interdisciplinary collection examines Tokyo in the cultural imagination. The contributors analyze how Tokyo has been perceived and experienced...

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