Impressions of the East : treasures from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library, University of Califor...

Contents
Foreword by Peter Zhou
Introduction
Chronology
Part I; Technical Impressions
Before the Block-printed Book
Shell and bone script; Seals; Stone inscriptions; A million printed charms
Woodblock Imprints
The block-printed leaf; Dating engraving and dating printing; Temple
printing; Government printing; Printing and diplomacy; Woodblock
illustration
Variations in Print
Metal movable-type printing; Wooden movable-type printing; Ligatured
movable type; Hand-colored woodblock illustration; Color woodblock
illustration; Embellishments
Printing for a Popular Audience
Jianyang publishing; Illustrated popular fiction; Samurai authors; Pulp
fiction; Kuchi-e
Transmission of Texts
Banned books; Unpublishable material; Manuscripts; Personal copies; Error
in transmission
Part II; Cultural Impressions
The Three Teachings
Confucian morality; Korean Confucianism; Religious Daoism; Acts of
devotion; Religion of images
Court, Town, and Country
The Heian court; Chos_n Seoul; Celebrated places; Whales and whaling;
Tilling and weaving
The Pursuit of Pleasure
Ehon; Closet drama; Ink cakes; The T_kaid_; Wordplay; Graffiti
Foreign Exchange
Dutch learning; Sakhalin ethnography; Engineering in translation; Missionary
of science
Mapping Land and Sea
Coastal defense; Invasion; Commercial map making; World views
Works Featured
Sources Cited
Bibliography
Index