Kyoto’s Renaissance : : Ancient Capital for Modern Japan / / ed. by John Breen, Maruyama Hiroshi, Takagi Hiroshi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Breen, John,; Hiroshi, Maruyama,; Hiroshi, Takagi,; Osamu, Nakagawa,; Reinosuke, Takaku,; Takao, Yoshii,; Takehiro, Kobayashi,; Yumiko, Kuniga,; Yutaka, Tanigawa,
• HerausgeberIn: Breen, John,; Hiroshi, Maruyama,; Hiroshi, Takagi,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Preface --; Introduction: In Search of the Kyoto Modern – --; PART 1: Emperor, Rites, and Religion --; Chapter 1: The Emperor System and Kyoto: Images of the Ancient Capital --; Chapter 2: Performing History: Festivals and Pageants in the Making of Modern Kyoto --; Chapter 3: Buddhism and Society in Modern Kyoto --; PART 2: Urban Spaces, Local Communities, and Cityscapes --; Chapter 4: The Modern Reorganization of Urban Space and Kyoto’s Historicity --; Chapter 5: The Eleventh-Centenary of the Founding of Heian and the Heian Shrine --; Chapter 6: Kyoto’s Forest Policy: Scenic Beauty and Urban Fringe Forests --; PART 3: Industry, Arts, and Craftsmanship --; Chapter 7: Transforming Early Meiji Kyoto: Towards an“Industrial City” --; Chapter 8: Nihonga in Kyoto at the Dawn of the Modern Era --; Chapter 9: Trends in Modern Kyō-yaki Pottery: On Design in the Meiji Period --; The Contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781898823933; 9783110689556
• DOI: 10.1515/9781898823933?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by John Breen, Maruyama Hiroshi, Takagi Hiroshi.

Draws on archive of material, a first in English to take an in-depth look at Kyoto’s modern transformation – its reinvention after ‘collapse’ (Meiji Restoration) and relocation of the imperial court to Tokyo. Includes: introduction, chapters on notable historical elements that sustain Kyoto as a quintessentially modern ‘ancient capital’ today.