Science In The Edo Period
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Science In The Edo Period
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Author : Kyushu National Museum
language : ja
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Release Date : 2013
Science In The Edo Period written by Kyushu National Museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
Against Mechanization
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Author : Hiroshi Taguchi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Against Mechanization written by Hiroshi Taguchi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with categories.
The Western Scientific Gaze And Popular Imagery In Later Edo Japan
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Author : Timon Screech
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Western Scientific Gaze And Popular Imagery In Later Edo Japan written by Timon Screech and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Art categories.
This is the first study to consider the introduction of Western technology in the eighteenth century, when, it has been assumed, Japan continued to isolate itself from external influence. Timon Screech demonstrates that the introduction of such Western equipment as lenses, mirrors, and glass had a profound impact on Japanese notions regarding the faculty of sight. The enormity of this paradigm shift was, moreover, felt less in Japanese scientific inquiry than in art and popular culture, where the devices were often depicted and used metaphorically, as commentary on the prevailing social norms. Based on archival sources, here published for the first time, this study also sheds new light on Japanese art and its relation to the West; the relationship of science to art and popular culture; and the autonomy and internationalisation of Japanese culture.
Dodonaeus In Japan
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Author : Willy vande Walle
language : en
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Release Date : 2001
Dodonaeus In Japan written by Willy vande Walle and has been published by Leuven University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
This collection of essays is the outcome of an international symposium, jointly organised by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, and the Section of Japanese Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in October 1998. It was the second in a series of three international symposia that the International Resaerch Center for Japanese Studies organised in Europe in conjunction with a European partner.The Leuven Symposium, which went under the general title of Translations of Culture, Culture of Translation, actually consisted of two parallel sessions. The first one was a workshop on Gender and Modernity in Japan. The second one was devoted to a reflection on Translation and Adaptation in the Formulation of Modern Episteme: A Reappraisal of Dodoens. The essays in the present volume are the reworked and elaborated versions of the presentations made at the latter symposium.It was clear that many of the issues one had to tackle had to do with translation, and that translation was not a phenomenon limited to Japan, but equally prominent in European cultural history, nor limited to texts as such, but involving broader cultural contexts as well. The result was an investigation of Dodoens's (Dodonaeus) importance in Europe as well as in Japan through the prism of translation, transposition adaptation etc., defined as a moving force in cultural and social development and an indispensable lubricant in the process of functional differentiation. The main concern was evidently Japan, but the organisers deliberately opted for a perspective that kept a certain distance from boundaries. Therefore experts in the field of Western herbals and botany were confronted with historians of early modern Japan.
Science And Culture In Traditional Japan
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Author : Masayoshi Sugimoto
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-03
Science And Culture In Traditional Japan written by Masayoshi Sugimoto and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-03 with History categories.
This book of Japanese history explores the development of science and technology in traditional Japanese society. It may be surprising to some readers familiar with the history of Japan that that scientific thought existed at all in traditional Japan. However, Science and Culture in Traditional Japan show the development of premodern science in Japan in the context of that country's social and intellectual milieu. Anyone who wishes to understand the development of Japan's science and technology over the last hundred years will appreciate this history of the centuries that preceded modernization, for it is the story of why and how Japan was ready and, more importantly, able to make the leap from Eastern to Western science. The history and culture book shows how Japan's long pattern of assimilation—in advancing and receding waves—of Chinese science (and some Western science) laid the foundation for an appreciation of the need for and value of the "new" Western knowledge.
Network Of Knowledge
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Author : Terrence Jackson
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2016-02-29
Network Of Knowledge written by Terrence Jackson and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-29 with History categories.
Nagasaki during the Tokugawa (1603–1868) was truly Japan's window on the world with its Chinese residences and Deshima island, where Western foreigners, including representatives of the Dutch East India Company, were confined. In 1785 Ōtsuki Gentaku (1757–1827) journeyed from the capital to Nagasaki to meet Dutch physicians and the Japanese who acted as their interpreters. Gentaku was himself a physician, but he was also a Dutch studies (rangaku) scholar who passionately believed that European science and medicine were critical to Japan's progress. Network of Knowledge examines the development of Dutch studies during the crucial years 1770–1830 as Gentaku, with the help of likeminded colleagues, worked to facilitate its growth, creating a school, participating in and hosting scholarly and social gatherings, and circulating books. In time the modest, informal gatherings of Dutch studies devotees (rangakusha), mostly in Edo and Nagasaki, would grow into a pan-national society. Applying ideas from social network theory and Bourdieu's conceptions of habitus, field, and capital, this volume shows how Dutch studies scholars used networks to grow their numbers and overcome government indifference to create a dynamic community. The social significance of rangakusha, as much as the knowledge they pursued in medicine, astronomy, cartography, and military science, was integral to the creation of a Tokugawa information revolution—one that saw an increase in information gathering among all classes and innovative methods for collecting and storing that information. Although their salons were not as politically charged as those of their European counterparts, rangakusha were subversive in their decision to include scholars from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. They created a cultural society of civility and play in which members worked toward a common cultural goal. This insightful study reveals the strength of the community's ties as it follows rangakusha into the Meiji era (1868–1912), when a new generation championed values and ambitions similar to those of Gentaku and his peers. Network of Knowledge offers a fresh look at the cultural and intellectual environment of the late Tokugawa that will be welcomed by scholars and students of Japanese intellectual and social history.
Building A Modern Japan
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Author : M. Low
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-05-05
Building A Modern Japan written by M. Low and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-05 with History categories.
In the late Nineteenth-century, the Japanese embarked on a program of westernization in the hope of building a strong and modern nation. Science, technology and medicine played an important part, showing European nations that Japan was a world power worthy of respect. It has been acknowledged that state policy was important in the development of industries but how well-organized was the state and how close were government-business relations? The book seeks to answer these questions and others. The first part deals with the role of science and medicine in creating a healthy nation. The second part of the book is devoted to examining the role of technology, and business-state relations in building a modern nation.
The Knowledge Of Nature And The Nature Of Knowledge In Early Modern Japan
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Author : Federico Marcon
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-07-16
The Knowledge Of Nature And The Nature Of Knowledge In Early Modern Japan written by Federico Marcon and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-16 with History categories.
“Opens a fascinating window into the history of Japan’s relationship to its natural environment. . . . A must-read for historians of early modern science.” —New Books in East Asian Studies Between the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline of medicine, produced knowledge that questioned the traditional religious and philosophical understandings of the world, developed into a system (called honzogaku) that rivaled Western science in complexity—and then seemingly disappeared. Or did it? In The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan, Federico Marcon recounts how Japanese scholars developed a sophisticated discipline of natural history analogous to Europe’s but created independently, without direct influence, and argues convincingly that Japanese natural history succumbed to Western science not because of suppression and substitution, as scholars traditionally have contended, but by adaptation and transformation. The first book-length English-language study devoted to the important field of honzogaku, The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan will be an essential text for historians of Japanese and East Asian science, and a fascinating read for anyone interested in the development of science in the early modern era. “Marcon introduces to a Western readership for the first time the early history of natural history in Japan . . . Who those naturalists were, how they fitted into society, and what they accomplished, is Marcon’s beautifully told story.” —Archives of Natural History “A bold attempt to provincialize Eurocentric narratives of modernity’s relation to nature.” —Canadian Journal of History “An essential resource.” —Journal of Japanese Studies
Western Learning
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Author : Jirō Numata
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Western Learning written by Jirō Numata and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Europe categories.
The Japan Science Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
The Japan Science Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Dissertations, Academic categories.