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Book Synopsis
While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The blind of the era were prominent across a wide range of professions. Blind in Early Modern Japan illustrates the breadth and depth of those occupations.

Table of Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Map of Japan in the Tokugawa (Edo) Period (1600–1868)
  • Map of Japan: Modern Regions and Prefectures
  • Abbreviated List of Historical Periods
  • A Note on Japanese Terminology and Names
  • Acknowledgments
    Preface: A Personal Note
    Introduction
    Chapter 1
  • Japanese Ophthalmology: Medical Studies of Eye Conditions
    Chapter 2
  • Eye Medicines: The Popular Culture of Cure
    Chapter 3
  • The Blind Guild: Status and Power
    Chapter 4
  • Non-Membership and the Challenge of Authority
    Chapter 5
  • Texts and Performances: The Significance of One Blind Musician’s Career
    Chapter 6
  • Healing by Touch: Blind Acupuncturists and Masseurs
    Epilogue
  • Onward to the Meiji Period
    Bibliography
    Index

    Blind in Early Modern Japan Disability Medicine

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        Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
        Publication Date: 30/09/2022
        ISBN13: 9780472055487, 978-0472055487
        ISBN10: 0472055488
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        History of medicine Disability: social aspects

        Description

        Book Synopsis
        While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The blind of the era were prominent across a wide range of professions. Blind in Early Modern Japan illustrates the breadth and depth of those occupations.

        Table of Contents
        • List of Illustrations
        • List of Tables
        • Map of Japan in the Tokugawa (Edo) Period (1600–1868)
        • Map of Japan: Modern Regions and Prefectures
        • Abbreviated List of Historical Periods
        • A Note on Japanese Terminology and Names
        • Acknowledgments
          Preface: A Personal Note
          Introduction
          Chapter 1
        • Japanese Ophthalmology: Medical Studies of Eye Conditions
          Chapter 2
        • Eye Medicines: The Popular Culture of Cure
          Chapter 3
        • The Blind Guild: Status and Power
          Chapter 4
        • Non-Membership and the Challenge of Authority
          Chapter 5
        • Texts and Performances: The Significance of One Blind Musician’s Career
          Chapter 6
        • Healing by Touch: Blind Acupuncturists and Masseurs
          Epilogue
        • Onward to the Meiji Period
          Bibliography
          Index

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