Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 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 Tōkyō Meikō Kagami (with a Focus on Highly Skilled Metalwork Craftsmen)
- 7 Boiler Manufacture in Late-nineteenth Century Japan: From First Beginnings to Nationwide Expansion
- Appendix: Selected Sources on the Japanese History of Technology (especially on series)
- List of Contributors
- Index
List of Contributors
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2022
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 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 Tōkyō Meikō Kagami (with a Focus on Highly Skilled Metalwork Craftsmen)
- 7 Boiler Manufacture in Late-nineteenth Century Japan: From First Beginnings to Nationwide Expansion
- Appendix: Selected Sources on the Japanese History of Technology (especially on series)
- List of Contributors
- Index
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- Technical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan , pp. 187 - 188Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2020