Illuminating Gender in the Early Modern Urban Space of Edo: A study on Edo Meisho Zue

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• Danielle van de Heuvel & Marie Yasunaga (University of Amsterdam)
• Thursday 26 May 2022, 17:00-19:00
• History Faculty Room 5.

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Within the framework of the research project, The Freedom of the Streets: Gender and Urban Space in Eurasia 1600-1850, which analyses the gendering of early modern urban space, this paper explores the East Asian capital of Edo (present-day Tokyo). The primary focus will be on the streetscapes in the topography Illustrated Book of Famous Places in Edo (Edo Meisho Zue, 1834-36) and a methodology developed for the historical visual sources.

This talk is part of the Early Modern Economic and Social History Seminars series.

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