Mapping Early Modern Japan - Space, Place and Culture in the Tokugawa Period, 1603-1868 - Hardback - 2003

This work considers several texts, cultural practices and intellectual processes to chart the emergence of a new geographical conciousness in early modern Japan. The study shows how spatial and geographical knowledge confined to elites in early Japan became more widespread in the Tokugawa period.
Year of publication: 2003
Pagination: 249 pages, 22 b/w illustrations
Format: Hardback
Serie: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes