Period of Japanese history from 1600 to 1868, during the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate

The knowledge of nature and the nature of knowledge in early modern Japan / Federico Marcon.

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Japan - History - Tokugawa period, 1600-1868

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The knowledge of nature and the nature of knowledge in early modern Japan / Federico Marcon.