Uncharted waters : : intellectual life in the Edo period : essays in honour of W.J. Boot / / edited by Anna Beerens and Mark Teeuwen.

• Superior document: Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 38
• TeilnehmendeR: Beerens, Anna, 1957-; Teeuwen, Mark.; Boot, W. J.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

In the Edo period, Japan had its first experience of what one might call “intellectual life” in a pregnant sense of the word: a scene that combined serious intellectual pursuits, from poetry writing to the interpretation of the Confucian classics, with intense social interaction. Edo-period Japan wa...