Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan
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Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan

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eBook - ePub

Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan

About this book

Drawing on the papers presented at CEEJA's

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Frontmatter
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: Remarks on the History of Technology in Japan
  9. 1 Production Techniques in Early Modern Japan as Seen through ‘Famous Products of Japan from Mountain and Sea, Illustrated’ (Nippon sankai meisan zue, 1799)
  10. 2 Vehicles of Knowledge: Japanese Technical Drawings in the Pre-modern Era, 1600–1868
  11. 3 Dissemination of Knowledge and Technology: The Extensive Range of Exhibitions in Japan in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  12. 4 Knowledge on Mining and Smelting and Its Dissemination in the Edo Period
  13. 5 Tanaka Hisashige and His Myriad Year Clock: Its Technological Characteristics and Historical Background
  14. 6 A Statistical Analysis of Tōkyō Meikō Kagami (with a Focus on Highly Skilled Metalwork Craftsmen)
  15. 7 Boiler Manufacture in Late-nineteenth Century Japan: From First Beginnings to Nationwide Expansion
  16. Appendix Selected Sources on the Japanese History of Technology (especially on series)
  17. Contributors
  18. Index