The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan, 7) - Hardcover

Kornicki, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004101950 ISBN 13: 9789004101951

Publisher: Brill, 1998

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004101950
• ISBN 13: 9789004101951
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520