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A reader in Edo period travel / Herbert Plutschow.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plutschow, Herbert E., 1939-2010.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Travel in literature.
- Japanese literature--Edo period, 1600-1868--History and criticism.
- Japanese literature.
- Japan--Description and travel.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- x, 347 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Folkestone, Kent, UK : Global oriental, 2006.
- Summary:
- Considered by some to encompass the author's most significant research to data, this in-depth gateway study of Edo travel literature examines fifteen of the period's most notable travellers, some of whom are known as intellectuals, artists, and poets, or as folklorists and natural scientists, but rarely, if at all, as travellers. The author's research, which has considerable interdisciplinary appeal, takes us from civil servant and botanist Kaibara Ekiken (1630-1714) to former priest, intellectual, and government official Matsumura Takeshiro (1818-1888).
- Contents:
- Edo-period Provinces ii
- Road map of Edo Japan xi
- 1 Travel Narrative 1
- 2 Travel and Thought 10
- 3 Edo-period Travel as an Institution 21
- Chapter 1 Kaibara Ekiken (1630-1714) 32
- Ekiken as a Philsopher 34
- Ekiken as a Traveller and Travel Author 36
- Nanyu Kiji (Account of a Journey to the South) 38
- Chapter 2 Nagakubo Sekisui (1717-1801) 46
- Nagasaki Koeki Nikki (Diary of an Official Journey to Nagasaki) 46
- Chapter 3 Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801) 54
- Sugagasa no Nikki (Sugagasa Diary) 57
- Chapter 4 Ueda Akinari (1734-1809) 69
- Akiyama no Ki (Record of a Journey to Akiyama) 70
- Chapter 5 Tachibana Nankei (1752-1805) 75
- Toyu Ki (Journey to the East) 76
- Saiyu Ki (Journey to the West) 78
- Chapter 6 Furukawa Koshoken (1726-1807) 89
- Saiyu Zakki (Miscellaneous Notes on a Journey to the West) 89
- Toyu Zakki (Miscellaneous Notes on a Journey to the Northeast) 101
- Chapter 7 Sugae Masumi (1754-1829) 124
- Sugae Masumi Yuran Ki (Sugae Masumi's Travelogue) 128
- Chapter 8 Takayama Hikokuro (1747-93) 185
- Hokkoku Kiko (Diary of a Journey to the Northern Provinces) 187
- Chapter 9 Shiba Kokan (1747-1818) 199
- Seiyu Nikki (Diary of a Journey to the West) 204
- Chapter 10 Matsura Seizan (1760-1841) 224
- Kansei Kiko (Account of a Journey of the Kansei Period) 226
- Chapter 11 Takizawa (Kyokutei) Bakin (1767-1848) 231
- Kiryo Manroku (Complete Account of My Journey) 233
- Chapter 12 Hishiya Heishichi (Dates Unknown) 247
- Tsukushi Kiko (Account of a Journey to Tsukushi [Kyushu]) 248
- Chapter 13 Tomimoto Shigetayu (Dates Unknown) 261
- Fudamakase (At the Fancy of My Brush) Books One and Two 262
- Book Five Synopsis 278
- Chapter 14 Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841) 282
- Yuso Nikki (Diary of a Journey to Sagami [province]) 285
- Chapter 15 Ono Keisan (1770-?) 291
- Toso Zakki (Miscellaneous Notes on a Pilgrimage) 292
- Chapter 16 Matsuura Takeshiro (1818-88) 298
- Ishikari Nisshi (Ishikari Diary) 302
- Shiribeshi Nisshi (Shiribeshi Diary) 303
- Tokachi Nisshi (Tokachi Diary) 304
- Teshio Nisshi (Teshio Diary) 307
- Saiko Ezo Nisshi (Second Journey Ezo Diary) 307
- Conclusion: Towards an Edo-Period Enlightenment 310
- Appendix I Important Historical Dates 335
- Appendix II Edo-period Money and Measurements 336.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1901903230
- 9781901903232
- OCLC:
- 68946199
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