Movable type printing
Periods named in the video
- Japan: Muromachi period (1392-1573)
- Japan: Bunroku era (1593-1596) in Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603)
- Japan: Keichō era (1596-1615) in Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo period (1603- 1868)
- Japan: Kan’ei era (1624-1645) in Edo period
- China: Tang-dynasty (618 – 907)
Historical figures in the video
- San’yō Kanshitsu Genkitsu, (1548-1612)
- Yoshida (Suminokura) Soan (1571-1632)
- Nakamura no Chōbei
- “Hon’ya Shinshichi” (Shinshichi, the Bookseller)
- Hayashi Razan (1587-1653)
- Ishin Sūden (1569-1633)
- Tanaka Chōzaemon
- Rin Gokan (Lin Wuguan)
Keywords introduced in the video
- Enkōji temple
- Fushimi-ban
- Council of The Five Elders
- decisive battle of Sekigahara
- San’yō
- kokatsujiban (“old movable type books”)
- Zen
- the Nichiren sect
- The Tendai sect
- Shūzon of the Kitano Kyōō-dō Hall
- Saga-bon (Saga books).
- Suruga-ban
- Gapinja (J. kōinji),
- Eulhaeja (J., itsugaiji),
Books introduced in the video
- Kongzi Jiayu (J. Kōshi kego, The School Sayings of Confucius), 3rd century
- Zhenguan zhengyao (J. Jōgan seiyō, Essentials of Politics from the Zhenguan era), the Tang-period
- The San Lue (J. Sanryaku, Three Strategies [full title: Three Strategies of Huang Shigong], Han dynasty).
- The Tales of Ise (J. Ise monogatari, 10th c.)
- Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness, 1332)
- Guwen zhenbao (J. Kobun shinpō, True Treasures of Old Literature).
- Honchō monzui, The Literary Essence of Our Country, 1629
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- Qunshu zhiyao (J. Gunsho chiyō, Collected Writings on Important Matters of Government), 1616
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Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books

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