About “Wakan Sansai Zue”
The Wakan Sansai Zue is an illustrated Japanese leishu encyclopedia published in 1712 during the Edo period. It contains 105 volumes organized into 81 books. The compiler was Terashima or Terajima, a doctor from Osaka. The encyclopedia covers a wide range of topics, including daily activities like carpentry and fishing, as well as plants, animals, and constellations. It also includes depictions of people from "different/strange lands" and "outer barbarian peoples." (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
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- 1713