How Long to Read Tokaido Road

How Long Does it Take to Read Tokaido Road?

It takes the average reader and 36 minutes to read Tokaido Road by Nancy Gaffield

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This is Nancy Gaffield's libretto, based on her 2011 poetry collection of the same name, for Nicola LeFanu's chamber opera (2014). In 1832 the young Hiroshige sets out on Japan's great Eastern Sea Road, the Tokaido, linking Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto. The paintings he creates along the way reveal the secrets of a hidden country. As the young artist, Hiro savours all his adventures-not least the amorous ones-and his paintings bring to life everyone he meets: old men and beautiful women, samurai and geisha, pilgrims, porters and passers-by. Hiroshige in old age is present in the opera too, reflecting on what had gripped his imagination twenty-five years earlier. Behind every welcoming tea-house ('station') on the Tokaido, there was another story: poverty, persecution, famine. Hiroshige braved the government censor by publishing prints that show the horror of death through starvation. His work reminds us of the power of art to bear witness.

How long is Tokaido Road?

Tokaido Road by Nancy Gaffield is 36 pages long, and a total of 9,216 words.

This makes it 12% the length of the average book. It also has 11% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Tokaido Road Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes and 50 minutes to read Tokaido Road aloud.

What Reading Level is Tokaido Road?

Tokaido Road is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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