This volume brings together essays discussing various aspects of Japanese illustrated books, some of which were originally included in the German publication Buch und Bild , while others appear here for the first time. Titles include 'The First Japanese Newspapers' , 'The Cooking- and Eating Culture in the Second Half of the Edo-Period and its Dissemination' , 'The Printing of Illustrated Books in Eighteenth-Century Japan' , 'The Socio-Historical Background of the Depiction of Measles' , 'Documentary Literature in the Late Edo Period' , 'Discourses on Femininity on Edo-Period Sugoroku Games' .
Language
English
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Hotei Publishing
Release
January 01, 2005
ISBN
9074822584
ISBN 13
9789074822589
Written Texts - Visual Texts: Woodblock-Printed Media in Early Modern Japan
This volume brings together essays discussing various aspects of Japanese illustrated books, some of which were originally included in the German publication Buch und Bild , while others appear here for the first time. Titles include 'The First Japanese Newspapers' , 'The Cooking- and Eating Culture in the Second Half of the Edo-Period and its Dissemination' , 'The Printing of Illustrated Books in Eighteenth-Century Japan' , 'The Socio-Historical Background of the Depiction of Measles' , 'Documentary Literature in the Late Edo Period' , 'Discourses on Femininity on Edo-Period Sugoroku Games' .