Daniel SAID MONTEIRO

The circulation of cosmological knowledge in mid Edo Japan: a study of the writings of Nishikawa Joken (1648-1724) and his milieu

Institution : Université Paris Diderot

Promotion : 2016

Field of Study : Humanities, Arts, Letters and Literature

Research Unit : East Asian Civilisations Research Centre – CRCAO

Doctoral School : Langue, Littérature, Image, civilisations et sciences humaines (domaines francophone, anglophone et d’Asie orientale)

Thesis Description :

The goal of my thesis is to understand the circulation and diffusion of cosmological knowledge in early modern Japan, with special focus on European and Chinese sources.