The activity of the local daimyo presses
Period names in China and Japan that appeared in the video
(*) in the English subtitle indicates the name of the period. Please refer to the following Chinese period names appeared in the video as well as Step1.3 “East Asian History at a Glance”.- Japan: Nara period (710-794)
- Japan: Kamakura preiod (1185-1333)
- Japan: Muromachi period (1392-1573)
- Japan: Tenmon era (in Muromachi period) (1532 – 1555)
- Japan: Tenshō era (in Azuchi-Momoyama period) (1573-1593)
- China: Ming-dynasty (1368-1644)
Books introduced in the video
- Biyan Lu(Blue Cliff Record, J. Hekiganroku), Muromachi period
Click to see the image and information - Two books of Analects (J. Rongo), both are Tenmon edition, published in 1533
Click to see the image and information [book#1][book#2] - Shūbun inryaku, by Kokanshiren (1278 – 1346, Zen prist in late Kamakura), Gozan-ban edition
- Yishu Daquan (J. Isho taizen), Ming-dynasty medical text
Click to see the image - Shitai senbun shohō (The One Thousand Character Classic in Four Calligraphic Styles),published by Ishibe ““Ryōsatsu” Nagakiyo, Tenshō era
- Setsuyōshū, dictionary, published by Ishibe “Ryōsatsu” Nagakiyo, Tenshō era
Related books
Here is another example of publishing by Daimyo, Imagawa family of Sunpu (Shizuoka prefecture in current Japan).- Rekidai Joryaku , Imagawa press, 1554
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Keywords introduced in the video
- Asakura
- Shimazu
- Satsuma
- Hosokawa
- fukurotoji
- Analects of Confucius
- Sakai
- Ōuchi
- Kinai
- Ichijōdani
- Yamaguchi
- One Thousand Characters Classic
- Rinzai sect
Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books

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