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The knowledge of nature and the nature of knowledge in early modern Japan

Title
The knowledge of nature and the nature of knowledge in early modern Japan / Federico Marcon.
Author
Marcon, Federico, 1972-
Publication
  • Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
  • ©2015

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Description
xi, 415 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Uniform Title
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Subject
  • 1600 - 1868
  • Nature study > Japan > History
  • Science > Japan > History
  • Nature study
  • Science
  • Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868
  • Japan
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Nature without nature : prolegomena to a history of nature studies in early modern Japan -- The Bencao gangmu and the world it created -- Knowledge in translation : Hayashi Razan and the glossing of Bencao gangmu -- Writing nature's encyclopedia -- The first Japanese encyclopedias of nature : Yamato honzō and Shobutsu ruisan -- Tokugawa Yoshimune and the study of nature in eighteenth-century Japan -- Inventorying nature -- Nature's wonders : natural history as pastime -- Nature in cultural circles -- Nature exhibited : Hiraga Gennai -- Representing nature : from "truth" to "accuracy" -- Bakumatsu honzōgaku : the end of eclecticism? -- Nature as accumulation strategy : Satō Nobuhiro and the synthesis of honzōgaku and keizaigaku.
Call Number
JFE 15-5128
ISBN
  • 9780226251905 (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 022625190X (cloth : alkaline paper)
  • 9780226252063 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2014047538
OCLC
890360497
Author
Marcon, Federico, 1972- author.
Title
The knowledge of nature and the nature of knowledge in early modern Japan / Federico Marcon.
Publisher
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1600 - 1868
Research Call Number
JFE 15-5128
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