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The Book in Japan

A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century

Peter Kornicki author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Hawai'i Press

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The Book in Japan cover

The ten chapters of this exemplary monograph cover every major aspect of the book in traditional Japan: its place in Japanese history; books as material objects; manuscript cultures; printing; the Edo period book trade; authors and readers; importation and exportation; censorship; libraries and collectors; and bibliographic catalogues.... A handsome and beautifully organized handbook that is sure to inform and stimulate research for many years to come.

ISBN: 9780824823375

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 732g

520 pages