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The Lens Within the Heart - The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
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The Lens Within the Heart - The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan (Paperback, 2 Rev Ed)
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It has long been assumed that Japan's closed country policy meant
that the country was isolated form the influence of the outside,
and in particular, the western world. However, this study of 18th
century Japan, using sources wholly unstudied since their writing,
reveals the profound influence that the introduction of western
technology and scientific instruments including glass, lenses and
mirros, had on Japanese notions of sight, and how this change in
perception was reflected most clearly in popular culture. Screech
offers interpretations of 18th century thought through popular
objects, and makes propositions which many considered
groundbreaking on the book's first publication in 1996. The
conclusions reached here have yet to be substantially challenged.
Curzon is pleased to announce a revised edition of this important
work, with a new preface by the author. Previously only available
in hardback.
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