When Edo became Tokyo

Feb 19, 06:00 AM

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Christopher Harding on the birth of Tokyo. Read by Leighton Pugh.

Read the essay here: https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/when-edo-became-tokyo/

Image: A woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige. From One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, 1856. Credit: incamerastock / Alamy Stock Photo