Blind in early modern Japan : disability, medicine, and identity / Wei Yu Wayne Tan.

While the loss of sight--whether in early modern Japan or now--may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The blind of the era were prominent across a wide range of professions, and through a strong guild structure were able...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Corporealities.
Main Author: Tan, Wei Yu Wayne (Author)
Corporate Author: University of Michigan. Press (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Series:Corporealities.
Subjects:
Blind > Japan > Social conditions > Edo period, 1600-1868.
Blind > Japan > Occupations > Edo period, 1600-1868.
Guilds > Japan > Edo period, 1600-1868.
Ophthalmology > Japan > History.
Corporations > Japon > 1600-1868 (Époque d'Edo)
Ophtalmologie > Japon > Histoire.
Ophthalmology.
Japan.
1600-1868
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xx, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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