Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan /

This volume provides a valuable selection of new research on the subject of the generation, dissemination and application of technical knowledge in Japan.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] RENAISSANCE Books LTD, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Technology.
Technology > Japan > History.
Japan.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Remarks on the History of Technology in Japan
  • 1 Production Techniques in Early Modern Japan as seen through 'Famous Products of Japan from Mountain and Sea, Illustrated' (Nippon sankai meisan zue, 1799)
  • 2 Vehicles of Knowledge: Japanese Technical Drawings in the Pre-modern Era, 1600-1868
  • 3 Dissemination of Knowledge and Technology: The Extensive Range of Exhibitions in Japan in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  • 4 Knowledge on Mining and Smelting and Its Dissemination in the Edo Period
  • 5 Tanaka Hisashige and His Myriad Year Clock: Its Technological Characteristics and Historical Background
  • 6 A Statistical Analysis of Tokyo Meiko Kagami (with a Focus on Highly Skilled Metalwork Craftsmen)
  • 7 Boiler Manufacture in Late-nineteenth Century Japan: From First Beginnings to Nationwide Expansion
  • Selected Sources on the Japanese History of Technology (especially on series)
  • List of Contributors
  • Index

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