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Author:   Herbert Plutschow
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Global Oriental Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.826kg
ISBN:  

9781901903232

ISBN 10:   1901903230
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   31 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Road map of Edo Japan; Introduction; Chapter 1. Kaibara Ekiken (1630-1714); Chapter 2. Nagakubo Sekisui (1717-1801); Chapter 3. Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801); Chapter 4. Ueda Akinari (1734-1809); Chapter 5. Tachibana Nankei (1752-1805); Chapter 6. Furukawa Koshoken (1726-1807); Chapter 7. Sugae Masumi (1754-1829); Chapter 8. Takayama Hikokuro (1747-93); Chapter 9. Shiba Kokan (1747-1818); Chapter 10. Matsura Seizan (1760-1841); Chapter 11. Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848); Chapter 12. Hishiya Heishichi (Dates Unknown); Chapter 13. Tomimoto Shigetayu (Dates Unknown); Chapter 14. Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841); Chapter 15. Ono Keisan's Network; Chapter 16. Matsuura Takeshiro (1818-88); Conclusion: Towards an Edo-Period Enlightenment; Bibliography; Glossary; Appendix I: Important Historical Dates; Appendix II: List of Edo-period Money and Measurements; Index

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Herbert Plutschow was born in Switzerland and educated in Switzerland, England, Spain, Japan and the USA. He received his PhD in Japanese studies from Columbia University, New York, in 1973. He subsequently taught Japanese cultural history at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), retiring in 2005. He has taught as visiting faculty at the Universitaet Zuerich, International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo, Leningrad State University, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, Ecole des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne, Paris), Kyoto University and at Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo. At present, he is Director of the Institute of Comparative Culture, Josei International University, Japan. Most recently, he has published A Reader in Edo Period Travel (Global Oriental, 2006).

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