river

rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武侠); (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc.; demimonde; (in modern times) triads; secret gangster societies; underworld

Edo (old name of Tokyo)

rivers and mountains; landscape; country; state power

region of China immediately south of the lower Yangtze River, including Shanghai and adjoining parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi and Zhejiang

river water

river

Han River