- World of Kidai Shōran: life in Edo / Ozawa Hiromu
- Streets and districts in the vicinty of Nihonbashi
- The scroll in its entirety
- Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part I. Edo merchants' roots. A merchant's carreer path. Merchants on the road
- Strolling through Kidai Shōran. Part II. Edo merchants and fires. Treating disease.
- Strolling through Kidai Shōran Part III. Merchants' attire. Merchants' pastime
- Strolling through Kiadai Shōran Part IV. Merchants' amusements. Merchants' favorite reading
- Occupations and arts illustrated in Kidai Shōran
- A guided tour through Kidai Shōran
- More about the picture scroll Kidai Shōran / Kobayashi Tadashi
- The location of the Kidai Shōran Scroll
The Kidai Shōran is a magnificent painted Japanese scroll over 12 meters long. It is an artistic rendering of one of the most iconic streets of Edo (now Tokyo) at the beginning of the nineteenth century, covering five blocks of the main shopping thoroughfare leading south fromthe Imagawabashi Bridge to the bridge at Nihonbashi, and depicts over 1,600 people coming from every walk of society-- from samurai to student, hairdressers, minstrels and geisha
