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The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century by  Peter Kornicki

The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century by Peter Kornicki

  • 1,450.00 ฿


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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.

 

Paperback, 2.92 cms H x 23.47 cms L x 16.10 cms W (0.73 kgs) 498 pages


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