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

• Superior document: Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900, Volume 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Nagase-Reimer, Keiko,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Monies, markets, and finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 ; Volume 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction / Keiko Nagase-Reimer -- 2 Copper in Edo-Period Japan / Noriko Imai -- 3 The Akita Domain and Osaka Merchant Houses at the Time of the Establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency / Yoshinori Iwasaki -- 4 “There’s Method in the Madness”: A New Approach to the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Copper Trade / Keiko Nagase-Reimer -- 5 Copper Administratioin Reform and Copper Imports from Japan in the Qianlong Reign of the Qing Dynasty / Shiuh-Feng Liu -- 6 The Trade in Dried Marine Products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo Period / Akira Matsuura -- 7 The Import of Chinese Sugar in the Nagasaki Junk Trade and Its Impact / Akira Matsuura -- 8 Imports and Exports of Books by Chinese Junks in the Edo Period / Matsuura Akira -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Places.