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Goki Miyakita,
Keiko Okawa,
Yumiko Murai,
Wataru Ichinohe,
Akinori Takanobu,
Takahiro Sasaki,
Gian-Piero Persiani,
Hope Z,
and
Motoki Yasui
Topics Covered
- How to handle old Japanese books
- Evolution of scripts and materials used in traditional Japanese books
- Binding methods and the practice of reformatting
- The hierarchy of book formats in traditional Japan
- Relationship between format and content in traditional Japanese books
- Genre and binding
- History of illustrated manuscripts and printed illustrated books
- History of printing and publishing in Japan
- Printed books and the development of scholarship in early-modern Japan
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Intriguing look at japanese culture
This is an engaging and informative course on the history of Japanese books and culture, from early manuscripts to the development of printing and publishing in Japan. Students with a basic knowledge of Japanese history and literature will get the most out of this course but it's still accessible to anyone with an interest in the topic.
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Provides a detailed history of the development of Japanese rare books, covering such topics as the invention of printing, the development of bookbinding, and the role of books in Japanese society. It definitive work on the subject, and would be of great interest to scholars of Japanese history and culture.
Contains the proceedings of a symposium held in 1979 by the National Museum of Japanese History on the history of printing and publishing in Japan. The symposium covered a wide range of topics, from the early history of printing in Japan to the development of modern printing techniques.
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