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*moveable Type did not reach Japan before the end of the 16th C, as
there was certainly frequent contact between the 2 countries before then.

almost all the major classics of Japanese literature were in
print for the 1st time. Bt 1650 too, the art of book illustration
for its own sake had evolved + printing had become a commercial
process, bringing the note of the Buddhist monasteries in printing to
a gradual end.
-Movable type reached Japan from 2 independent sources almost
simultaneously, one origin was Portugal (Jesuit Mission Press -
1591-1611) + the other Korea. The Korean introduction was much
once signigagant + confrormed to teh traditions of East Asian cultural
development. It should be mentioned that the technique of movable
pritning was invented in Sung Chine (960-1279) where it was
never used much + brought to Korea where it functioned
alongside traditional wood block printing It is a curious fact that *
-All early Kokatouji-ban were printed versions of textes both Chinese +
Japanese, which had been in existance for a long time, but by 1624, with the era
of commercail publishers drawing , it became common for works to be
written specially for publication. Naturally between 1596+1644, there
was also a considerable development in type faces.
-Aside form official printing, tere were 3 other categories that relied ofn movable type:
private printing canied out in Buddhist temples at the expense of a wealthy
sponsor; Buddhist text printed in temples as in the 1st instance, but using
moveable Type, instead of, or alongside, traditional methods; + private
printing carried out on a commercial basis. The very fact tha movable
type was introduced from Korea naturally gave official circler first use
of it, althought Temples followed closely behind.
Sau-Ma Ch'ien - Author of the 1st general History of China. The work begins
with the reign of Huang Ti, the Yellow Emperor (2697 BC) + closes with teh year 104BC
As a youth he had traveled widely througout the empire. He finally settled down as
Gran Astrologer; but his spirited defense fo Li Ling when over thrown +
captured by teh Huns, brough down upon him the wrath of the Emporer.
He was subjected to punishment of mutilation, + ended his days in disgrace
He reformed the calendar + determined the chronology which still distains
in China.