Imagining China in Tokugawa Japan

Imagining China in Tokugawa JapanPioneering study of the localization of Chinese culture in early modern Japan, using legends, classics, and historical terms as case studies. While current scholarship on Tokugawa Japan (16031868) tends to see China as either a model or "the Other," Wai ming Ng's pioneering and ambitious study offers a new perspective by suggesting that Chinese culture also functioned as a collection of "cultural building blocks" that were selectively introduced and

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was published by Springer Publishing Company in four volumes over 30 years

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It reveals the role of mass and amateur photography in fostering modes of imperial citizenship at royal celebrations in the East Indies during the reigns of Queens Wilhelmina (1898–1948) and Juliana (1948–80)

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Myths is a visual and written exploration on the subject of myths

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William Hope Hodgson’s The Night Land is a classic story of romance and loss projected into a harsh