PREFACE

6-7

INTRODUCTION

9-29

Dodonæus : A Bio-bibliographical Summary

33-43

Dodonaæus and the Herbal Tradition

45-56

Botanical Practice and Agricultural Demands in Early Modem Europe : the Contribution of Rembertus Dodonæus

59-75

Botanical Collectors and Collections in the Low Countries

77-95

Breaking Boundaries : on Translation and the Concept of Society

99-120

Linguistics and Translation in Pre-Modem Japan and China : a Comparison

123-147

Reinterpretation of the Western Linear Perspective in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Japan : a Case of Cultural Translation

149-165

The Tokugawa Bakufu's Policies for the National Production of Medicines and Dodonaæus' ''Cruijdeboeck''

167-186

The Reception and Spread of Dodonæus' ''Cruydt-Boeck'' in Japan

191-217

The Visual Legacy of Dodonæus in Botanical and Human Categorisation

219-239

Dodonæus and Tokugawa Culture : Hiraga Gennai and Natural History in Eighteenth-Century Japan

241-261

The Development of Japanese Botanical Interest and Dodonæus' Role : from Pharmacopoeia to Botany and Horticulture

263-277

Dodonæus in Japanese : Deshima Surgeons as Mediators in the Early Introduction of Western Natural History

281-297

The Early Penetration of French Science into Japan during the Tokugawa Period

299-321

Rerum Memorabilium Thesauros, a Treasury of Memorable Things : Carl Peter Thunberg's Observations during His Year in Japan, 1775-1776

323-341

The Influenceof Herman Boerhaave's Mechanical Concept of the Human Body in Nineteenth-Century Japan

343-363