Copper in the early modern Sino-Japanese trade / edited by Keiko Nagase-Reimer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Regine Mathiasv -- Glossary -- About the contributors -- Introduction / Keiko Nagase-Reimer -- Copper in Edo-period Japan / Imai Noriko -- The Akita domain and Osaka merchant houses at the time of the establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency / Iwasaki Yoshinori -- Copper administratioin reform and copper imports from Japan in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty / Liu Shiuh-Feng -- "There's method in the madness" : a new approach to the early modern Sino-Japanese copper trade / Keiko Nagase-Reimer -- The trade in dried marine products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo period / Matsuura Akira -- The import of Chinese sugar in the Nagasaki junk trade and its impact / Matsuura Akira -- Imports and exports of books by Chinese junks in the Edo period / Matsuura Akira.

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This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. By examining the demand for copper and the policy on copper procurement in Japan and China as well as the role of Osaka merchant houses, this volume provides a new slant on the ���life��� of Japanese copper ��� from production and distribution to consumption. In addition, papers on other significant traded products such as sugar, seafood, and books give us a better understanding of Sino-Japanese trade overall. The latest discussions on this field, which were mostly published in Japanese, have been brought together in this book and made accessible to an English-speaking audience. Contributors include: IMAI Noriko, IWASAKI Yoshinori, LIU Shiuh-Feng, MATSUURA Akira, and Keiko NAGASE-REIMER.

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