
by PeterKornicki (Author)
This monograph covers every major aspect of the book in traditional Japan: its place in Japanese history; books as material objects; manuscript cultures; printing; the Edo period book trade; authors and readers; and importation and exportation.
                        Format:  Paperback
                         Pages: 520
                        Edition: Pbk. Ed
                        
                        
                        Publisher: University of Hawaii Press 
 Published: 30 Apr 2001
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        ISBN 10:  0824823370
 ISBN 13: 9780824823375