Japan and China

by Wataru, Masuda; Fogel, Joshua A.

• ISBN13: 9780700711208
• ISBN10: 0700711201
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Curzon Pr

Summary

Brings together the study of modern China and Japan for the period prior to the 20th century. The chapters deal with Chinese and Japanese works written in response to events in the other country and give a view of how they saw each other at a time when there were few personal contacts allowed.

Author Biography

Joshua A. Fogel is a Professor in the History Department of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Masuda Wataru and the Study of Modern China	vii
The Wanguo gongfa and Medical Texts	1	(5)
Scientific Texts	6	(5)
The Zhihuan qimeng and Related Texts	11	(5)
Geography Texts	16	(7)
The Haiguo tuzhi and Shengwu ji	23	(5)
Wei Yuan
Yoshida Shoin and Wei Yuan	28	(6)
The Opium was and the `Daoguang yangsao zheng fu ji'	34	(4)
The Ahen fusetsugaki	38	(5)
The Influence of the Opium War on Japan	43	(5)
The Yifei fanjing lu and the Ahen shimatsu	48	(5)
On Saito Chikudo's Ban shi and Other Writings	53	(7)
Sato Nobuhiro's Kairiku senbo roku and Son-Ka zateki ron	60	(8)
Strange Tales of the Opium War	68	(7)
The Kaigai shinwa by Mineta Fuko and Other Works	75	(6)
On the Shin Ei sen ki, the Japanese Edition of the Shengwu ji, and Nagai Kafu's Shitaya sowa	81	(8)
The Unnan shinwa and Novelizations of the Taiping Rebellion	89	(8)
The Small Sword Society and the Novel Man-Shin kiji	97	(6)
The Man-Shin kiji and the Etsuhi tairyaku	103	(6)
The Gaiho taihei ki and the Shinsetsu Min Shin kassen ki	109	(7)
Oshio Heihachiro and Legends from the Taiping Rebellion	116	(10)
Various and Sundry Images of Hong Xiuquan	126	(10)
The Dunbi suiwen lu and Various Other Writings about the Taiping Rebellion	136	(10)
The Kan'ei shosetsu and the Riben qishi ji	146	(10)
Details Concerning the Riben qishi ji	156	(11)
Satsuma, Japanese Pirates, and Ming China	167	(9)
Satsuma, Ming China, and the Invasion of Korea	176	(8)
Zheng Chenggong and Guoxingye (Kokusen'ya, Koxinga)	184	(12)
The Min Shin to ki	196	(10)
Appendix: Yamamoto Ken (Baigai)	206	(23)
Notes	229	(25)
Glossary	254	(26)
Index	280