The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-90-04-10195-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 502 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 1075 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies.

This study deals with all aspects of the history of the book in Japan, from the production of manuscripts and printed books to book-collecting, libraries, censorship and readership. It also sets books in the context of Japan's cultural ties with China, Korea and Parhae.
The focus is on the history of both texts and physical books. This encompasses not only books in Japanese but also books in Chinese by Chinese and Korean authors, and some Western books as well.
It is an essential reference tool and bibliographic guide for all those interested in book studies, and particularly of importance for historians of Japanese culture. It is illustrated with examples taken from various collections of early Japanese books in Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kornicki, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Druckindustrie, Verpackungsindustrie

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Francis Kornicki, Ph.D. (1979), University of Oxford, is Reader in Japanese History and Bibliography at the University of Cambridge. He has published Early Japanese Books in Cambridge University Library (1991) and co-edited the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Japan (1993).