Fabricated Modernity : The Space of Tokaido-meisho-zukai(<Special Issue>The Space of the Early Modern Age)

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  • 組み立て式「近世」という空間の話 : 『東海道名所図会』私語(<特集><近世>という空間)
  • 組み立て式「近世」という空間の話--『東海道名所図会』私語
  • クミタテ シキ キンセイ ト イウ クウカン ノ ハナシ トウカイドウ メイショ ズカイ シゴ

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In the ninth year of the Kansei Period, Akizato-Rito edited a strange picture guidebook entitles Tokaido-meisho-zukai Unlike other guidebooks, the sights, historical episodes, and pleasure spots of the 53 stages along the Tokaido highway were subtly arranged on the illustrated map to show the superiority of the Kamigata (present-day Kansai) district over the capital Edo. For that purpose Akizato elaborately distorted the image of Mt. Fuji by drawing it in a too blatantly conventional way because of its abominable eastern location. Ueda-Akinari protested against the sacrilegious treatment for the symbol of Japan, but very likely the famous playwright was urged by none other than Akizato to do that as an advertisement for his guidebook.

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