{"product_id":"technical-knowledge-in-early-modern-japan-9781912961009","title":"Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the papers presented at CEEJA’s* first international conference addressing the long-neglected field relating to the generation, dissemination and application of technical knowledge in Japan from the Edo to the Meiji periods, this volume provides a valuable selection of new research on the subject, from Hashimoto Takehiko’s detailed examination of Tanaka Hisashige’s ‘Myriad Year Clock’, Regine Mathias’s paper on mining and smelting, and Erich Pauer’s overview of Japanese technical books in the pre-modern era, to Suzuki Jun’s detailed account of boiler-making in late nineteenth-century Japan. * Centre Européen d’Études Japonaises d’Alsace, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Remarks on the History of Technology in Japan \u003cbr\u003eErich PAUER \u003cbr\u003e1. Production Techniques in Early Modern Japan as seen through ‘Famous Products of Japan from Mountain and Sea, Illustrated’ (Nippon sankai meisan zue, 1799) \u003cbr\u003eAnnick HORIUCHI \u003cbr\u003e2. Vehicles of Knowledge: Japanese Technical Drawings in the Pre-modern Era, 1600–1868 \u003cbr\u003eErich PAUER \u003cbr\u003e3. Dissemination of Knowledge and Technology: The Extensive Range of Exhibitions in Japan in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries \u003cbr\u003eIT? Mamiko \u003cbr\u003e4. Knowledge on Mining and Smelting and Its Dissemination in the Edo Period \u003cbr\u003eRegine MATHIAS \u003cbr\u003e5. Tanaka Hisashige and His Myriad Year Clock: Its Technological Characteristics and Historical Background \u003cbr\u003eHASHIMOTO Takehiko \u003cbr\u003e6. A Statistical Analysis of To-kyo- Meiko- Kagami (with a Focus on Highly Skilled Metalwork Craftsmen) \u003cbr\u003eNISHIYAMA Takahiro \u003cbr\u003e7. Boiler Manufacture in Late-nineteenth Century Japan: From First Beginnings to Nationwide Expansion \u003cbr\u003eSUZUKI Jun (Translated by Nicholas Pertwee) \u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Selected Sources on the Japanese History of Technology (especially on series) \u003cbr\u003eErich PAUER \u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors \u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Global Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470291112279,"sku":"9781912961009","price":88.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781912961009.jpg?v=1744897907","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technical-knowledge-in-early-modern-japan-9781912961009","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}