The Long Nineteenth Century in Japan

From the standpoint of literary studies, i've always felt a little bit of trepidation thinking about applying european concepts to east asia. The long nineteenth century is very much a, you know, if i'm not incorrect, developed by europeans to describe european experiences. There are always in japan's nineteenth century, from the beginning to the end of the nineteenth century, there's a kind of a series of changes that takes place in hi kai poetry. And we can see some of those changes in the bakumats period. In the last years of the tokugoa shogan, people are starting to use a wooden movable type to

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