Tokyo

Barbara E. Thornbury is professor of Japanese studies in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Studies at Temple University.Evelyn Schulz is professor of Japanese studies in the Department of Asian Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

• Introduction, Barbara E. Thornbury and Evelyn SchulzChapter 1: “Pulling the Thorns of Suffering: Remembering Sugamo in Ito Hiromi’s “The Thorn-Puller,” Jeffrey AnglesChapter 2: “Pavane for a Dead Princess, or Exploring Geographies of the City, the Mind, and the Social: Fujita Yoshinaga’s Tenten and Miki Satoshi’s Adrift in Tokyo,” Kristina Iwata-WeickgenanntChapter 3: “On Möbius Strips, Ruins and Memory: The Intertwining of Places and Times in Hino Keizo’s Tokyo,” Mark PendletonChapter 4: “Mapping Environments of Memory, Nostalgia, and Emotions in 'Tokyo Spatial (Auto)biographies,'“ Evelyn SchulzChapter 5: “Held Hostage to History: Okuda Hideo’s 'Olympic Ransom,'" Bruce SuttmeierChapter 6: “The Tokyo Cityscape, Sites of Memory, and Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Café Lumière,” Barbara E. ThornburyChapter 7: “Remaking Tayama Katai’s Futon (1907) in Nakajima Kyoko’s FUTON (2003): Remembrance and Renewal of Urban Space through the Art of Rewriting,” Angela YiuChapter 8: “The Child of Memory: Cityscapes in Tsu

This book is inspirational reading for the preparation of a trip to Tokyo and for long intercontinental flights from North America and Europe to the city. Inspired by the essays, scientific travellers from the architecture and urban planning community will certainly benefit from reading this book, beyond the visual they expect to see.