The Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge in Early Modern Japan

Contents:
Nature without nature: prolegomena to a history of nature studies in early modern Japan
The Bencao gangmu and the world it created
Knowledge in translation: Hayashi Razan and the glossing of Bencao gangmu
Writing nature's encyclopedia
The first Japanese encyclopedias of nature: Yamato honzō and Shobutsu ruisan
Tokugawa Yoshimune and the study of nature in eighteenth-century Japan
Inventorying nature
Nature's wonders: natural history as pastime
Nature in cultural circles
Nature exhibited: Hiraga Gennai
Representing nature: from "truth" to "accuracy"
Bakumatsu honzōgaku: the end of eclecticism?
Nature as accumulation strategy: Satō Nobuhiro and the synthesis of honzōgaku and keizaigaku