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International Conference (12-14 January 2023)

“The Commercialization of Knowledge in Edo Period Japan—Publishers, Editors, Print Products, and Their Impact on Pre-modern Cultural Life”

All times are in Central European Time (CET).

Thursday, 12th January 2023

10:00–10:15

Registration

10:15–10:30

Opening Address

10:30–12:00

“The Great [Time and Effort]-Saving [Compilation] of Edo as a Storehouse for the Whole Realm” (Edo dai setsuyō kaidai kura, 1863) and its Compiler Takai Ranzan (1762–1839)
Michael KINSKI

Trends in Publishing Letter Writing Guides for Women in the Edo and Meiji Period (in Japanese)
Yoshinaga KOIZUMI

13:00–14:30

The Revision of Knowledge: An Analysis of the Source Materials Used During the Compilation Process of the Otoko setsuyōshū
Paul SCHOPPE

Grabbing the Reader’s Attention: New Developments in the Setsu­yōshū Dictionary Genre Towards the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries as Seen in the Kokuhō setsuyōshū (1810)
Martin THOMAS

15:00–17:15

Cashing In on Grappling: Kokin sumō taizen and Sumō Wrestling Literacy
Christoph REICHENBÄCHER

The Popularization and Circulation of Knowledge in koutaibon and Other Ephemera Related to Nō Theater
Eike GROSSMANN

Expertise on Sale: Natural History, Scholars’ Professionalization, and the Marketplace of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan
Federico MARCON

 

Friday, 13th January 2023

09:30–11:00

Recycling or Transforming Knowledge: “Augmented Editions” in 17th Century Japan
Matthias HAYEK

Publishing Rights and setsuyōshū in the Edo Period (in Japanese)
Takahiro SATŌ

11:30–13:00

Mines of Information, Sources of Profit—On the Commercialization of Collections for Timesaving Use (setsuyōshū) in Early 18th Century Japan
Stephan KÖHN

Collecting setsuyōshū in Berlin
Christian DUNKEL

15:00–16:00

EXCURSION: Guided Tour of Cologne Cathedral (participation for speakers only)

16:30–18:30

EXCURSION: Guided Tour of Archbishop’s Diocesan and Cathedral Library (participation for speakers only)

 

Saturday, 14th January 2023

09:30–11:00

Consumption Is Virtuous
Mary Elizabeth BERRY

How To Make an Attractive Guidebook? The Case of Nippon sankai meibutsu zue (1754)
Annick HORIUCHI

11:30–13:00

Publication and Reception of the Kinmō zui: From Early Modern Reading to the Database of Early Modern Illustrated Encyclopedias (in Japanese)
Aki ISHIGAMI

Considering the Historical Significance of Chronological Tables (in Japanese)
Masaki WAKAO

14:00–16:15

On the Publication of Travel Information Magazines in Japan in the 17th and 18th Century (in Japanese)
Kaori HAYAMI

Textbooks on Pilgrimages to Shrines and Temples in the Kantō Region: The Publishing of sankeigata ōraimono in Edo and Takai Ranzan’s Tsukuba mōde
Morgaine SETZER-MORI

Ekiken and Ryūshiken: Mapping Early Modern Japanese Geography
Nobuko TOYOSAWA

16:15–16:30

Closing Remarks