Books and Boats : Sino-Japanese Relations and Cultural Transmission in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries.

Intro -- BooksandBoats_Front Matter -- Books and Boats_Front Cover -- Books and Boats Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Chapter 1-Forgotten Sino-Japanese Contacts -- General Historical Knowledge and Historical Research -- Closed Country (Sakoku) -- In the City of Shenyang -- Reflections on Sino-Japanese Relations -- From the Kō-Mō yowa -- Chinese Books Imported to Japan in the Edo Period -- Nagasaki Christmas -- Foreign Relations in the Edo Period -- Research Experiences in Europe -- The East India Company Museum in Sweden -- Chinese and Japanese Porcelains Exported to Europe -- Studies of Export Porcelain -- Studies of Edo History -- Chapter 2-The Nagasaki Trade Was the Chinese Trade -- Domestic Chinese Political Conditions -- The Number of Chinese Ships Coming to Japan -- From the Qianjie Order to the Zhanhai Order -- On the Shinpai -- The Prize of a Shinpai -- Ships Entering the Port of Nagasaki in 1688 -- The Cargoes of Trading Vessels -- Items Transported Back on Chinese Vessels -- The Arrival of Chinese Vessels -- Problems in the Study of Sino-Japanese Trade -- Chapter 3-The Discovery of Banned Books -- Summons from the Office of the Magistrate -- The Inspector of Proscribed Books -- What Is a Banned Book? -- Materials Concerned with Proscribed Books -- Thirty-two Banned Books -- Tianxue chuhan -- Proscribed Treasures -- The Huan you quan and Mukai Gensei -- The Banning of a Guidebook to Beijing -- The Church and the Grave of Matteo Ricci -- Investigation by the Chinese-language Interpreters -- Instructions from the Senior Councilors -- The Judgment of the Magistrate -- Banned Books after Jōkyō 2 -- Fate of Banned Books and Their Vessels, 1685-1712 -- Reasons for Banning Books -- Change of Direction -- Relaxation of Judgments -- Documents from the Office of the Magistrate.

Chapter 4-The Inspectorate of Books -- Generations of the Mukai Family -- The Outlines -- Preparing Book Explanations -- Simplification of Procedures -- Officially Ordered Items -- The Negumichō -- A Song Edition That Got Away -- Shoseki motochō and Bidding -- The Price of Books -- Chapter 5-Arai Hakuseki, the New Shōtoku Laws, and the Ming Legal Codes -- The Percentage of Vessels Carrying Books -- Centers of Publishing -- Yu Meiji and Zhong Shengyu -- The Cargo of Vessel Number Fifteen in the Year of the Rabbit -- The Cargo of Vessel Number Fifty-one in the Year of the Rabbit -- The Cargo for the Return Voyage of Vessel Number Fifteen in the Year of the Rabbit -- The Books Brought by Vessel Number Fifty-One in the Year of the Rabbit -- An Order for the Ming Legal Codes -- Maeda Tsunanori, Daimyō of Kaga -- Tsunanori's Studies of the Ming Legal Codes -- Seibee of the Tōhonya -- A Letter to the Nagasaki Magistrate -- To Both Kishū and Kyoto -- The Coming of the Ming Legal Codes -- On Loan to Arai Chikugo no kami -- Questions for the Chinese in Nagasaki -- Tsunanori's Devotion -- License to Trade (Shinpai) -- The Paper and the Tally Seal -- The Seals on the Shinpai and Their Content -- Chapter 6-A Profile of the Unruly Shogun Yoshimune -- Sovereign-Minister Relations in Feudal Society -- Yoshimune and the Office of Book Inspections -- Chinese Punishments -- The Liuyu yanyi -- Order for the Da Qing huidian -- Studies of the Ming Legal Code in Kishū Domain -- Meika sōsho -- Takase Gakuzan -- Yoshimune Orders Study -- Hakura Saigū -- The Japanese Translation and Punctuation of the Liuyu yanyi -- A Japanese Edition of the Da Qing huidian -- Two Sets of the Da Qing huidian -- Fukami Kudayū Goes to Nagasaki -- Ogyū Hokkei -- The Da Qing huidian and Ogyū Hokkei -- Chapter 7-The Voyages of Mr. Shen Xie'an -- The Shinchō tanji -- Fukami Kudayū in Nagasaki.

The Shioki no kata mondōsho -- Advisor Sun Fuzhai -- The Tōsen shinkō kaitō roku -- The Arrival of Shen Xie'an -- Fukami's Translation of the Da Qing huidian -- Ogyū Hokkei and the Tang lü shuyi -- The Poetry and Prose of Shen Xie'an -- The Revision of the Tang lü shuyi -- Shen Xie'an's Return Trip to Japan -- The Gujin tushu jicheng huitu -- The Tosho shūsei honsho kō -- Collection of Local Gazetteers -- The Process of Importing Local Gazetteers -- The Export of the Shichikei Mōshi kōbun hoi -- The Concept of Practical Learning -- Chapter 8-The Opium War and the Haiguo tuzhi -- Special Reports -- Shengwu ji -- Haiguo tuzhi -- Japanese Editions of the Haiguo tuzhi -- Zhapu jiyong -- Additional Significance -- From Catholic to Protestant -- Wanguo gongfa -- Evaluation of Chinese Studies (Kangaku) in the Edo Period -- Chapter 9-The Travels of Elephants -- The Delivery of Elephant Cubs -- Yoshimune's Questions -- An Account of Observations at Nagasaki -- Forwarding of a Directive en Route -- Elephant March -- Guangnan White Elephant, Rank 4b -- All About Elephants -- In Edo -- The Coming of Animals -- A Small Bird -- Elephants and Pandas -- The Importation of Plants -- The Work of Identifying Plants -- The Zhou Zhu fuyan -- Plants for Enjoyment -- From the Jikin shō -- The Clematis -- The Export of Flora -- Chapter 10-Foreign Nationals in the Government's Employ during the Kyōhō Era -- Doctors -- Zhou Qilai -- Sailing for Home and the Return Voyage to China -- Zhao Songyang -- Zhu Laizhang -- Zhu Zizhang -- Zhu Peizhang -- Experts at Equestrian Archery and a Horse Doctor -- Chen Cairuo and Shen Dacheng -- The Arrival of Chinese Monks -- Failure at Inviting Zhongqi -- News of the Accension of the Yongzheng Emperor -- Delivery of Chinese Horses -- Yi Fujiu -- Li Wei's Memorials -- Yu Xiaoxing and Zhu Laizhang -- What Number Vessel Was a Spy Ship?.

Gradually More Accurate Intelligence -- A New Policy -- Effectiveness of Control -- Chapter 11-"On the Matter of Vessels Sailing to Japan" -- Precious Vessels -- Illustrations of the Port of Nagasaki -- The "Tōsen no zu" in Hirado -- The Same Illustration in Melbourne -- The "Tōsen no zu" -- Chart One -"Tōsen no zu": Ship Terminology -- Chart Two - Various Vessels and Their Dimensions -- A Precise Reduced Scale -- "Sand Ships"-Nanjing Vessels -- Sasaho and Kataho -- Niaochuan -- Siam Vessels with Bowsprit-Sail -- Shipbuilding Sites -- Years of Durability -- Chapter 12-Shipmasters and Crewmen -- Anonymous Crew Members -- Shipmasters and Other Functionaries -- Vessel Number One for Hōei 2, the Year of the Bird -- Vessel Number Seventy-Two for Genroku 9, the Year of the Rat -- Guangnan Vessel Number Ninety-Eight for the Year of the Ox -- Even to Liaodong -- Hu Yunke -- The Veteran Luo Jiuyi -- The Son of Huang Zheqing -- The Most Loyal and Meritorious Man to the Trading License -- The State's Official Chinese Merchant Guo Hengtong -- An Unredeemed Trading License -- Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia -- Other People -- BooksandBoats_Back Matter and Back Cover -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author -- About the Translator -- Books and Boats_Back Cover.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.