Production Techniques in Early Modern Japan as seen through ‘Famous Products of Japan from Mountain and Sea, Illustrated’ (Nippon sankai meisan zue, 1799) (2020)
For economic historians of early modern Japan, the second half of the Tokugawa era is marked by a rapid growth in commercial production in rural areas. In the seventeenth century, it was already not uncommon for farmers to engage in production activities in addition to the (mandatory) cultivation of rice. However, their products were mainly intended for domestic consumption and were not marketed. In the central region around Ōsaka and Kyōto, commercial activities took off in the rural areas which supplied these cities with the raw materials they needed for their quality craftsmanship. To meet everincreasing demand, production techniques were
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