In '' Low City , High City : Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake '' ( 1983 ) and '' Tokyo Rising : The City Since the Great Earthquake '' ( 1990 ) , Seidensticker 's two-volume history of Tokyo , he weaves a tale of cultural history of how the city was impacted by the advent of Westernization , and how it responded to the twin disasters of the 20th Century — the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 and the massive destruction incurred in World War II due to Allied bombing raids
Great Kanto earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Edward Seidensticker