Free dowload! "A World Apart: The Rise and Fall of Saruwaka-cho" by Paul Tierney

Tokyo Edo Radio's first full length research document, this book traces the development of Edo's (pre-modern Tokyo) kabuki district. Many behind the scenes dramas - amongst shogunate officials vying for power, between the actors and owners of the theatres, between the owners and investors - are revealed in this detailed history. Even in Tokugawa period Japan, government and big business worked hand in hand to protect their own interests.

A World Apart contains the complete story of how and why Saruwaka-cho came to be, much of it for the first time in English, and the Tokyo Edo Radio Project is proud to make it available to subscribers for free in order to disseminate this information to a wider audience, from scholars and history buffs to kabuki fans and japanophiles alike.

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