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Philosophy, Philology, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century China - Li Fu and the Lu-Wang School under the Ch'ing (Hardcover, New)
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Philosophy, Philology, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century China - Li Fu and the Lu-Wang School under the Ch'ing (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions
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The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan:
The Lens within the Heart is the first full-length study to
consider the introduction of Western technology into Japan in the
eighteenth century, when, it has been assumed, that country
continued to isolate itself from external influence. Timon Screech
demonstrates that exposure to such Western equipment as lenses,
mirrors, and glass had a profound impact on Japanese notions
regarding the faculty of sight. The enormity of this paradigm shift
was moreover, felt less in the area of Japanese scientific inquiry
than in art and popular culture, where these devices were often
depicted and used metaphorically, as commentary on prevailing
social norms. Based on archival sources here published for the
first time in any language, this study also sheds new light on
Japanese art and its relation to the West; the relationship of
science to art and popular culture; and the autonomy and/or
internationalization of Japanese culture.
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