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Visualizing the Birth of Modern Tokyo

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesRES.21H-001
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2021English
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This course shows the emergence of modern Tokyo through artist renderings of its neighborhoods, daily life and nightlife, nested between its recurring destruction by natural disasters and war. Students will learn about the tradition of the “100 views,” and through these composite depictions of the city, will witness the excitement and loss of change.

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