Enduring Encounters: Maps of Japan from Leiden University Library /

Enduring Encounters: Maps of Japan from Leiden University Library /

While Asian and Western cartographies are often considered separate traditions, maps of Japan kept in Leiden University Libraries often show a commonality of method and purpose. Despite the expulsion of Phillip Franz von Siebold from Japan in 1829, the norm was for friendly exchanges of scientific k...

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Other Authors: Leca, Radu (Editor), Storms, Martijn (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025.

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Art History.
Asian Studies.

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Call Number: N7480

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: Vehicles of Complex Encounters /
  • Author: Radu Leca
  • Mapping Japan's North: Material Traces of an Enduring Encounter /
  • Author: Edward Boyle
  • Maps of Japan in the Bodel Nijenhuis Collection /
  • Author: Martijn Storms
  • Siebold's Mapping of Japan /
  • Author: Aoyama Hiro'o
  • Urban Maps in Nineteenth-Century Japan /
  • Author: Uesugi Kazuhiro
  • Catalogue
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Personal Names.