Strange Tales from EDO: Rewriting Chinese Fiction in Early Modern Japan

by William D Fleming

In Strange Tales from Edo, William Fleming paints a sweeping picture of Japan's engagement with Chinese fiction in the early modern period (1600-1868). Large-scale analyses of the full historical and bibliographical record--the first of their kind--document in detail the wholesale importation of Chinese fiction, the market for imported books and domestic reprint editions, and the critical role of manuscript practices--the ascendance of print...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674293800
• ISBN13: 9780674293809
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"