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Mapping the World in Bakumatsu Japan
In 1856 Shibata Shūzō (1820–1859), originally from the remote island of Sado, became the first academic officer of Western cartography appointed by the shogunate to its Institute of Western Studies, Bansho Shirabesho. Studies of cartographic development in Japan often acknowledge Shibata’s contribution to bakumatsu-era mapmaking, typically referring to his publication of a world map, Shintei kon’yo ryakuzenzu in 1852, and his role in the bakufu project to produce the second official Japanese map of the world, Chōtei bankoku zenzu in 1855. The significance of his work, however, goes far beyond the results of technical investigations of his maps. Shibata’s career development provides a vivid example of the interplay between increasingly popular participation in educational and cultural activities and the rapid growth in Japan’s knowledge about the world and its dealings with foreign countries. This study analyzes Shibata’s maps, texts, and personal documents as examples of a Japanese intellectual’s reactions to the paradigm shift in relations with the outside world in the nineteenth century. By emphasizing the term “bakumatsu,” this essay intends to distinguish the historical context of Shibata’s work from both “early modern” mapping and “modern” cartography. It argues that his personal experiences encapsulate the broader national experience at a moment when the intellectual landscape was changing rapidly in response to Japan’s encounter with Western nations.
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Crossing boundaries in Tokugawa society : Suzuki Bokushi, a rural elite commoner
Crossing Boundaries in Tokugawa Society presents a vivid picure of the life of Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842), an elite villager in a snowy province of Japan, focusing on his interaction with the changing social and cultural environment of the late Tokugawa period (1603-1868).
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