Peter Kornicki — Peter Francis Kornicki is Professor of East Asian Studies at Cambridge University. He was previously Professor of Japanese History and Bibliography.Kornicki was educated at Oxford University. He taught at the University of Tasmania from 1975 to… … Wikipedia
Frederick Victor Dickins — (1838 1915) was a British surgeon, barrister, orientalist and university administrator. He is now remembered as a translator of Japanese literature.He first visited Japan as a medical officer on HMS Coromandel in 1863. For three years he was at… … Wikipedia
Ernest Mason Satow — Infobox Person name = Sir Ernest Mason Satow image size = 300px caption = The young Ernest Mason Satow. Photograph taken in Paris, December 1869. birth date = June 30 1843 birth place = Clapton, London, England death date = August 26 1929 death… … Wikipedia
William George Aston — (April 9 1841 1911) was a British consular official in Japan and Korea. He made a major contribution to the fledgling study of Japan s language and history (Japanology) in the 19th century. The National Portrait Gallery in London has… … Wikipedia
Geschichte des Buchdrucks — Gutenberg Bibel, der bedeutendste Druck von Johannes Gutenberg Die Anfänge der Geschichte des Buchdrucks sind in Deutschland, Ostasien, Babylon und Rom zu finden. Die ältesten gedruckten … Deutsch Wikipedia
Handbook of Oriental Studies — Das Handbuch der Orientalistik bzw. Handbook of Oriental Studies ist eine seit 1952 im Brill Verlag in Leiden erscheinende bedeutende internationale Buchreihe zur Orientalistik. Bertold Spuler (1911–1990) war eine ihrer ersten Herausgeber. Die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Handbuch der Orientalistik — Das Handbuch der Orientalistik bzw. Handbook of Oriental Studies ist eine seit 1952 im Brill Verlag in Leiden erscheinende bedeutende internationale Buchreihe zur Orientalistik. Bertold Spuler (1911–1990) war einer ihrer ersten Herausgeber. Die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Asia — /ay zheuh, ay sheuh/, n. a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. 2,896,700,000; ab. 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km). * * * I Largest continent on Earth. It is bounded by the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean … Universalium
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
