The present volume is a collection of studies discussing trade and exchange relations across the East China Sea in the time period between c. 1400 and 1840. It

The present volume is a collection of papers originally presented for the concluding conference of the research project The East Asian 'Mediterranean' entitled

The Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood

Between 839 and 1403 CE, there was a six-century lapse in diplomatic relations between present-day China and Japan. This hiatus in what is known as the tribute

The volume is a collection of studies discussing aspects of the political economy and raison d'etat of East Asian countries, especially against the background o