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TY  - BOOK
ID  - 78139864
TI  - The Tōkaidō road
PY  - 2004
SN  - 1134387490 1280155841 0203457978 9781134387496 9780203457979 0415310911 9780415310918 9786610155842 6610155844 9781280155840 9780415511148 9781134387441 9781134387489 1134387482
PB  - New York  RoutledgeCurzon
DB  - UniCat
KW  - Communication and traffic
KW  - Communications industries
KW  - Mass communication
KW  - Traffic
KW  - Communication
KW  - Transportation
KW  - History.
KW  - Tōkaidō (Japan)
KW  - Japan
KW  - Description and travel.
KW  - History
KW  - J3430
KW  - J4472
KW  - J4000.70
KW  - J4000.60
KW  - Japan: Geography and local history -- Chūbu region (Hokuriku, Kōshin'etsu, Tōkai)
KW  - Japan: Economy and industry -- transportation and infrastructure -- land
KW  - Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kindai (1850s- ), bakumatsu, Meiji, Taishō
KW  - Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- Kinsei, Edo, Tokugawa period, early modern (1600-1867)
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Tokaido (Japan)
UR  - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139864
AB  - 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 
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