When Edo became Tokyo
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
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