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Natural and synthetic arsenic sulfide pigments in Japanese woodblock prints of the late Edo period
We recently described the use of an artificial arsenic sulfide pigment in Japanese woodblock prints from the Meiji period (1868–1912): we now expand on our previous work by investigating arsenic sulfide pigments used in Japanese woodblock prints of the ...
Stephanie Zaleski +2 more
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Illustrations in “Precious notes on papermaking” (“Kamisuki chohoki”): function, methods and context
In this paper the author makes an attempt to analyze and categorize the illustrations to “Precious Notes on Papermaking” (“Kamisuki Chohoki”, ed. 1824) according to their function.
Elizaveta S. Vaneian
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Productions agricoles et mesures contre les famines aux époques de Muromachi et d’Edo
This article proposes an analysis of the policies that were put into place in Japan to combat famines between the middle of the 14th Century and the end of the 19th Century.
Nobuhiro Ito
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In the Meiji 20s (1887–1896), the political development of an “Edo style” came about as a form of resistance to Europeanisation policies and reflected a desire to preserve national characteristics.
Reiji Iwabuchi
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“Precious notes on papermaking” (“Kamisuki chohoki”) as the first illustrated guide to papermaking
The article touches upon the phenomenon of Japanese handmade paper given the example of “Precious Notes on Papermaking” (“Kamisuki Chohoki”) as the first printed illustrated manual on papermaking in Japan.
Anna S. Oskina, Sofia A. Pasivkina
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Study focuses on local government formation process in Kawagoe City from Edo Period to Meiji Era
This paper focuses on the process of local government formation, from the Edo Period to the Meiji Era, in Kawagoe City, which has its roots in a castle town at the end of the Edo Period, in order to discover regional formation for urban reorganization ...
Hiroshi Tsuchida, Yuka Honda
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Reform of History Lessons in Elementary Schools (I) : A Teaching Plan for "Edo Period and Urban Culture" [PDF]
The aim of this study is to develop a teaching plan for history lesson in elementary schools. The purpose of this teaching plan is to make pupils understand theories of urban culture through studying the culture of the Edo period.
Yamada, Hidekazu, Katakami, Soji
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Illegal Border Crossing: The Experience of Edo Period Travelers
Travel diaries of the Edo period contain records about border posts and descriptions of illegal border crossing. Travelers resorted to paying bribes, changing clothes, and going around border posts if they did not have a tegata document, or for other ...
A. A. Dudko
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“The Myriads of People Are All One”: Andō Shōeki’s Self-with-Others
Japanese Edo period thinker Andō Shōeki 安藤昌益 (1703-1762) was one of the most mysterious figures in the intellectual landscape of his time. Very little is known about his life, and only fragments of his writings have survived to this day.
Paşca Roman
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This article, through a series of provocations and anecdotes from my research into dietary health in early modern Japan (1600-1868), makes the case for transhistorical thinking as a productive analytical mode, allowing the past to speak to present ...
Joshua Schlachet
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