A quiet revolution in knowledge separated the early modern period in Japan from all previous time. After 1600, self-appointed investigators used the model of the land and cartographic surveys of the newly unified state to observe and order subjects such as agronomy, medicine, gastronomy, commerce, travel, and entertainment. They subsequently circulated their findings through a ...(展开全部)

A quiet revolution in knowledge separated the early modern period in Japan from all previous time. After 1600, self-appointed investigators used the model of the land and cartographic surveys of the newly unified state to observe and order subjects such as agronomy, medicine, gastronomy, commerce, travel, and entertainment. They subsequently circulated their findings through a ...(展开全部)

Exploring how theories of 'nation-ness' that continue to be evoked in present-day Japan emerged and evolved, Susan L. Burns provides a close examination of kokugaku, a late-eighteenth-century Japanese intellectual movement. Departing from earlier studies of kokugaku (which means 'the study of our country'), Burns considers how three of the more marginalized participants in the ...(展开全部)

Exploring how theories of 'nation-ness' that continue to be evoked in present-day Japan emerged and evolved, Susan L. Burns provides a close examination of kokugaku, a late-eighteenth-century Japanese intellectual movement. Departing from earlier studies of kokugaku (which means 'the study of our country'), Burns considers how three of the more marginalized participants in the ...(展开全部)

The focus of Richard Rubinger's study of Japanese literacy is the least-studied (yet overwhelming majority) of the premodern population: the rural farming class. In this book-length historical exploration of the topic, the first in any language, Rubinger dispels the misconception that there are few materials available for the study of popular literacy in Japan. He analyzes a ri...(展开全部)

This elegant history considers a fascinating array of texts, cultural practices, and intellectual processes--including maps and mapmaking, poetry, travel writing, popular fiction, and encyclopedias--to chart the emergence of a new geographical consciousness in early modern Japan. Marcia Yonemoto's wide-ranging history of ideas traces changing conceptions and representations of ...(展开全部)

This elegant history considers a fascinating array of texts, cultural practices, and intellectual processes--including maps and mapmaking, poetry, travel writing, popular fiction, and encyclopedias--to chart the emergence of a new geographical consciousness in early modern Japan. Marcia Yonemoto's wide-ranging history of ideas traces changing conceptions and representations of ...(展开全部)