Copper in the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Trade (Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900)

This volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. It brings latest research findings on the subject, which were mostly published in Japanese, to an English-speaking audience. Foreword / Regine Mathias -- Acknowledgements / Keiko Nagase-reimer -- Notes -- List Of Figures, Tables And Maps -- Glossary -- About The Contributors -- Main Copper Transportation Routes In Japan And China -- Introduction / Keiko Nagase-reimer -- Copper In Edo-period Japan / Imai Noriko -- The Akita Domain And Osaka Merchant Houses At The Time Of The Establishment Of The Meiwa Copper Agency / Iwasaki Yoshinori --there's Method In The Madness : A New Approach To The Early Modern Sino-japanese Copper Trade / Keiko Nagase-reimer -- Copper Administration Reform And Copper Imports From Japan In The Qianlong Reign Of The Qing Dynasty / Liu Shiuh-feng -- The Trade In Dried Marine Products From Nagasaki To China During The Edo Period / Matsuura Akira -- The Import Of Chinese Sugar In The Nagasaki Junk Trade And Its Impact / Matsuura Akira -- Imports And Exports Of Books By Chinese Junks In The Edo Period / Matsuura Akira. Edited By Keiko Nagase-reimer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 7 Foreword 9 Acknowledgements 11 Notes 13 List of Figures, Tables and Maps 14 Glossary 17 About the Contributors 23 Main Copper Transportation Routes in Japan and China 25 Chapter 1 Introduction 27 Chapter 2 Copper in Edo-Period Japan 36 Chapter 3 The Akita Domain and Osaka Merchant Houses at the Time of the Establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency 58 Chapter 4 “There’s Method in the Madness”*: A New Approach to the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Copper Trade 78 Chapter 5 Copper Administration Reform and Copper Imports from Japan in the Qianlong Reign of the Qing Dynasty 98 Chapter 6 The Trade in Dried Marine Products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo Period 144 Chapter 7 The Import of Chinese Sugar in the Nagasaki Junk Trade and Its Impact 183 Chapter 8 Imports and Exports of Books by Chinese Junks in the Edo Period 201 References 223 Index of Names 245 Index of Places 249 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 Foreword / Regine Mathiasv Glossary About the contributors Introduction / Keiko Nagase-Reimer Copper in Edo-period Japan / Imai Noriko The Akita domain and Osaka merchant houses at the time of the establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency / Iwasaki Yoshinori Copper administratioin reform and copper imports from Japan in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty / Liu Shiuh-Feng "There's method in the madness" : a new approach to the early modern Sino-Japanese copper trade / Keiko Nagase-Reimer The trade in dried marine products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo period / Matsuura Akira The import of Chinese sugar in the Nagasaki junk trade and its impact / Matsuura Akira Imports and exports of books by Chinese junks in the Edo period / Matsuura Akira.