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The main purpose of this book is to examine the trading relations between Tokugawa Japan and Qing China in the early modern period, by analyzing the formative process and mechanisms of the trading institutions. It is worthy of note that in this period there was neither a commercial treaty, nor any trading agreement, and few direct diplomatic negotiations between the two countries. However, various conflicts of interest between the two countries, including not only between the ruling authorities of the two sides but also between the ruling authorities and the merchants, always existed. Why did these conflicts not escalate to the extent that they affected the maintenance of the trade relationship? This study attempts to find the reasons for this in the trading institutions.
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The perspective of the “global world” is mainly based on the explanations of Yamakuchi (2006).
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Several articles in Yano’s book had been published in the 1920s. Yano explored issues referenced in several previously published narrative history books (Fukuchi 1902; Araki 1903; Kanei 1926).
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There is a brief introduction for annual historical studies in every year’s Vol. 5 of the journal Shigaku Zasshi, which is known as the most important historical journal in Japan. Overviewing the introductions in the most recent decade (2005–2015), the number of academic books or articles on early modern Japanese–Dutch relations reaches roughly 53; on the other hand, those related to Sino-Japanese relations number merely 21.
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Peng, H. (2019). Introduction. In: Trade Relations between Qing China and Tokugawa Japan. Studies in Economic History. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7685-6_1
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