The Publishing Scene of the Late Edo Period and <i>Kaihan-shishin</i>

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  • 幕末書物事情と『開版指針』
  • バクマツショ ブツジジョウ ト 『 カイハン シシン 』

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<p>Kaihan-shishin is a manual and record of censorship that had been made on published material since the reform of the Tempō Period. In June of the thirteenth year of the Tempō Period, the government ordered the academic center at Shōheizaka to censor books in the name of “academic uplift” which was later criticized by Utagawa-Kuniyoshi and Gaikotsu Miyatake. The key person of this restrictive measure seems to be a town magistrate Tsutsui-Masanori. Citing articles on the reform issued by the center, contemporary publishing trade papers, and other primary sources, here I will delineate the cultural control that was executed on freedom of expression in the publishing scene of the late Edo Period.</p>

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  • Japanese Literature

    Japanese Literature 64 (6), 11-26, 2015-06-10

    Japanese Literature Association

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