Peter Kornicki

Broschiertes Buch

The Book in Japan

A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century

Beschreibung

The ten chapters of this exemplary monograph cover every major aspect of the book in traditional Japan: its place in Japanese history; books as material objects; manuscript cultures; printing; the Edo period book trade; authors and readers; importation and exportation; censorship; libraries and collectors; and bibliographic catalogues.... A handsome and beautifully organized handbook that is sure to inform and stimulate research for many years to come.

Autor

Peter Kornicki is reader in Japanese history and bibliography, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, and fellow of the British Academy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Hawaii Press
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 153mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 724g
• ISBN-13: 9780824823375
• ISBN-10: 0824823370
• Artikelnr.: 21626263