Hyaku Man Toshi Edo No Seikatsu (Kadokawa Sofuia Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Edo, one of the world's rare megacities. Looking at Edo's character and personality through its incidents, people, lifestyle, customs, and economic conditions, the prototype for the modern metropolis of Tokyo clearly emerges. The skinny-faced people in the hot public baths, the lively sales days of first-time buyers, the recycling of gifts...these are just a few of the many stories that are told on the streets. Using a wealth of historical documents, including various city gossip, this book reveals the lifestyles of Edo people and their personalities. This is the definitive history of the common people of Edo, which reveals the "spirit of Edo" that still lives on today.

世界にも稀な巨大都市・江戸。事件や人物・生活・風俗・経済事情を通して、江戸らしさとその性格を見つめれば、現代の大都市・東京の原型がくっきりと浮かび上がってくる。熱い銭湯でのやせ我慢、盛り上がる初物の売りだし日、贈答品のリサイクル―。市井のさまざまな噂話をはじめとする豊富な史料を使いながら、江戸っ子の暮らしとその性格を明らかにする。いまも息づく「江戸の精神」を説き起こす、江戸庶民史の決定版。