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  • Printing Technologies and Book Production in Seventeenth-Century Japan

    by Peter Kornicki ...
    Series series Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
    This Element first sets the history of printing in Japan in its East Asian context, showing how developments in China, Korea and elsewhere had an impact upon Japan. It then undertakes a re-examination of printing in seventeenth-century Japan and in particular explores the reasons why Japanese printers abandoned typography less than fifty years after it was introduced. This is a question that has ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • British Royal and Japanese Imperial Relations, 1868-2018

    150 Years of Association, Engagement and Celebration

    by Peter Kornicki, Hugh Cortazzi, Antony Best ...
    This new scholarly study examines the history of the relations between the British and Japanese monarchies over the past 150 years. Complemented by a significant plate section which includes a number of rarely seen images, as well as a chronology of royal/imperial visits and extensive bibliography, British Royal and Japanese Imperial Relations, 1868-2018, will become a benchmark reference on the ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Japanese Studies in Britain

    A Survey and History

    Edited by Hugh Cortazzi, Peter Kornicki ...
    This book takes an in-depth look at the study of Japan in contemporary Britain, highlighting the many strengths but also pointing out some weaknesses, while at the same time offering a valuable historical record of the origins and development of Japanese Studies in British universities and other institutions. It comprises essays written by scholars from universities all over Britain – from ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Ecologies of Translation in East and South East Asia, 1600-1900

    Edited by Li Guo, Patricia Sieber, Peter Kornicki ...
    This ground-breaking volume on early modern inter-Asian translation examines how translation from plain Chinese was situated at the nexus between, on the one hand, the traditional standard of biliteracy characteristic of literary practices in the Sinographic sphere, and on the other, practices of translational multilingualism (competence in multiple spoken languages to produce a fully localized ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Eavesdropping on the Emperor

    Interrogators and Codebreakers in Britain's War With Japan

    by Peter Kornicki ...
    When Japanese signals were decoded at Bletchley Park, who translated them into English? When Japanese soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, who interrogated them? When Japanese maps and plans were captured on the battlefield, who deciphered them for Britain? When Great Britain found itself at war with Japan in December 1941, there was a linguistic battle to be fought--but Britain was hopelessly ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The History of the Book in East Asia

    by Cynthia Brokaw ...
    Series series The History of the Book in the East
    The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books and manuscripts in China, Korea and Japan and includes an introduction which provides an overview of ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

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  • The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction

    The Water Margin and the Making of a National Canon

    by William C. Hedberg ...
    The classic Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan) tells the story of a band of outlaws in twelfth-century China and their insurrection against the corrupt imperial court. Imported into Japan in the early seventeenth century, it became a ubiquitous source of inspiration for translations, adaptations, parodies, and illustrated woodblock prints. There is no work of Chinese fiction more ... Read more

    $67.99 CAD

  • The Yijing: A Guide

    by Joseph A. Adler ...
    Series series Guides to Sacred Texts
    Despite its enduring popularity both in China and worldwide, the Yijing is often poorly understood. As a divinatory text, it has a devoted following in the western hemisphere, even as it represents a foundational text of both Confucianism and Daoism. A fascination with the Yijing has been evident among western scholars since the Enlightenment, as well as in notable modern literary and artistic ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Poet-Monks

    The Invention of Buddhist Poetry in Late Medieval China

    by Thomas J. Mazanec ...
    Poet-Monks focuses on the literary and religious practices of Buddhist poet-monks in Tang-dynasty China to propose an alternative historical arc of medieval Chinese poetry. Combining large-scale quantitative analysis with close readings of important literary texts, Thomas J. Mazanec describes how Buddhist poet-monks, who first appeared in the latter half of Tang-dynasty China, asserted a bold new ... Read more

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  • Buddhism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Damien Keown ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed over the centuries, Keown considers how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a Buddhist ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • A Short History of England

    by Simon Jenkins ...
    Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What - and when - was the Battle of the Bulge?In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions - and many more - as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders of the dark ages to today's coalition, via the Tudors, the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Running the Family Firm

    How the monarchy manages its image and our money

    by Laura Clancy ...
    In recent decades, the global wealth of the rich has soared to leave huge chasms of wealth inequality. This book argues that we cannot talk about inequalities in Britain today without talking about the monarchy. Running the Family Firm explores the postwar British monarchy in order to understand its economic, political, social and cultural functions. Although the monarchy is usually positioned as ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD