The periodical press in treaty-port Japan : conflicting reports from Yokohama, 1861-1870 / by Todd S. Munson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Munson, Todd S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese periodicals--History--19th century.

Japanese periodicals.

Yokohama-shi (Japan)--History--19th century.

Yokohama-shi (Japan).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Global Oriental, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Periodical Press in Treaty-Port Japan , Munson offers an analytical survey of print media published in the ‘treaty port’ of Yokohama during the tumultuous final decade of the Tokugawa shogunate. His focus includes English-language newspapers; ‘hybrid’ multinational newspapers, published by Westerners but written in Japanese; and the Japan Punch , a satirical illustrated journal published by Charles Wirgman (Japan correspondent and illustrator for the Illustrated London News ). Whereas previous studies of the topic have been written from the perspective of institutional development, The Periodical Press in Treaty-Port Japan provides a fresh take in the field of Japanese media history—and convincingly demonstrates that these early efforts were in fact vital, sophisticated, and exciting.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Yokohama and the Periodical Press

Joseph Heco and the Kaigai Shinbun

The Fin De Siècle Press: Bankoku Shinbunshi and Yokohama Shinpō Moshiogusa

Albert W. Hansard and the Japan Herald: Conflict, Controversy, and the “Inside Story”

“A Sojourner Amongst Us”: Charles Wirgman and the Japan Punch

The Strange Case of “Fisher vs. Rickerby”: Press, Scandal, and Satire in Treaty-Port Japan

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-85471-6

90-04-24313-5

OCLC:

821180662

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004243132 DOI