Copper in the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Trade

Keiko Nagase-Reimer, PhD (2007) in the history of science and technology, Technical University Berlin, specializes in copper in early modern Japan. Her publications include Mining, Monies, and Culture in Early Modern Societies (with co-editor Nanny Kim, Brill 2013).

• Foreword - Regine MathiasAcknowledgements - Keiko Nagase-ReimerNotesList of Figures, Tables and MapsGlossaryAbout the ContributorsMain Copper Transportation Routes in Japan and China1 Introduction - Keiko Nagase-Reimer2 Copper in Edo-Period Japan - Imai Noriko3 The Akita Domain and Osaka Merchant Houses at the Time of the Establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency - Iwasaki Yoshinori4 “There’s Method in the Madness”: A New Approach to the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Copper Trade - Keiko Nagase-Reimer5 Copper Administratioin Reform and Copper Imports from Japan in the Qianlong Reign of the Qing Dynasty - Liu Shiuh-Feng6 The Trade in Dried Marine Products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo Period - Matsuura Akira7 The Import of Chinese Sugar in the Nagasaki Junk Trade and Its Impact - Matsuura Akira8 Imports and Exports of Books by Chinese Junks in the Edo Period - Matsuura AkiraReferencesIndex of NamesIndex of Places