8. Edo-Period Cuisine

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Historical Periods vii
4. Translator’s Introduction 1
5. Introduction: The Study of Edo-Period Culture 7
6. Part I. Edo: The City and Its Culture
7. 1. Edo: The Warrior’s City 23
8. 2. Edokko: The Townsperson 41
9. 3. Iki: The Aesthetic of Edo 53
10. 4. Edo Publishing and Ukiyo-e 64
11. 5. Edo Temples and Shrines 76
12. Part II. The Town and the Country
13. 6. Provincial Culture of the Kasei Period (1804 –1830) 95
14. 7. Itinerants, Actors, Pilgrims 113
15. 8. Edo-Period Cuisine 144
16. Part III. Theater and Music: From the Bakufu to the Beggar
17. 9. The Social Context of Nō 181
18. 10. Social Strata and Music 198
19. 11. The Aesthetics of Kabuki 212
20. 12. Popular Performing Arts: From Edo to Meiji 228
21. Afterword 251
22. Notes 253
23. Glossary 269
24. Selected References 281
25. Sources to Chapters 297
26. Index 299
27. About the author 311