Writing Technology in Meiji Japan

A Media History of Modern Japanese Literature and Visual Culture

Author:
Seth Jacobowitz
Copyright Year:
2016
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978-1-68417-562-8
Publication:
11 May 2020
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Preliminary Material
Pages: i–xii
Introduction
Pages: 1–16
Standardizing Measures
Pages: 17–42
Telegraph and Post
Pages: 43–64
Wiring Meiji Japan
From Hokusai’s Postcard to Mokuami’s Telegraph
Pages: 65–93
Japanese in Plain English
Pages: 95–115
Phonetic Shorthand
Pages: 116–142
Parsing Visible Speech
Pages: 143–167
Regime Change
Pages: 169–194
The Haunted Origins of Modern Japanese Literature
Pages: 195–224
Masaoka Shiki’s “Scribblings”
Pages: 225–249
Scratching Records with Sōseki’s Cat
Pages: 250–271
Bibliography
Pages: 273–285
Index
Pages: 287–299
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Pages: 301–308
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Publisher:
Harvard University Asia Center
Language:
English
Pages:
320 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9781684175628

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