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History of Publishing Culture (Matsunaga) Lab
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A lab that explores the publishing and circulation of books and book-rental culture in the early modern and modern periods.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how books were read, through their publication and circulation.
The lab of History of Publishing Culture (Ryusei Matsunaga) studies how people in early modern and modern Japan obtained and read books.
Few historical sources directly show how people read. However, by examining the publication and circulation of books, signs of how they were received sometimes emerge.
Alongside the publication, circulation, and reception of books, the lab also studies book-rental culture.
Key terms
- History of Publishing Culture (Book History)
- A field that deals with the history of how books were made, spread, and read
- Reception
- The way books are received and read by readers
- Book-rental culture (kashihon culture)
- A culture in which books were lent out to people and read through book-rental shops
NewsLab news
Project Assistant Professor Matsunaga received the 19th Japan Classical Literature Academic Prize
Project Assistant Professor Matsunaga received the 21st Prize of the National University Association for Japanese Language and Literature
Project Assistant Professor Matsunaga received the 47th Japan Society of Publishing Studies Encouragement Award
Project Assistant Professor Matsunaga's book Kashihon Ton'ya to Kashihon Bunka (New Edition; on book-rental wholesalers and book-rental culture) was published by Bensei-sha
Project Assistant Professor Matsunaga's book Meiji no Kashihon-ya-san (on book-rental shops in the Meiji era) was published by Heibonsha
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how people in early modern and modern Japan obtained and read books. Few historical sources directly show how people read, but by examining the publication and circulation of books, signs of how they were received sometimes emerge.
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- Project Assistant ProfessorRyusei Matsunaga
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