Japan and China: Mutual Representations in the Modern Era [Hardcover]

Matsuda Wataru (Author), Joshua A. Fogel (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 25, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0700711201 | ISBN-13: 978-0700711208

This volume ties together the histories of Japan and China for the modern period prior to the 20th century. The chapters look at Chinese and Japanese works which were written in response to events in the other country. None of these works has received any sustained attention in the west. As a result we get a view of how Chinese and Japanese saw each other at a time when there were few personal contacts allowed. Many of these texts were built on fanciful embellishments of stories that migrated from one land to the other. But the unique qualities of the Sino-Japanese cultural bond seem to have conditioned the interaction so that these texts all reveal a fascinatingly well-defined area.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Fogel's translation is quite reliable and readable, and he improves significantly on Masuda's original...this is a book that every scholarly collection, research library, and reference room should include. Journal of Asian Studies

...Joshua A. Fogel has accomplished a major feat in bringing these essays into English...
-American Historical Review

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Masuda Wataru (1903-1977) taught at Osaka Municipal University and Kansai University.

Joshua Fogel is with the Department of History at the University of California.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 298 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (April 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0700711201
• ISBN-13: 978-0700711208
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,729,281 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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