A Reader In Edo Period Travel Author:Herbert Plutschow Plutschow's research, which has considerable interdisciplinary appeal, takes us from domain civil servant and botanist, Kaibara Ekiken (1630-1714) to former priest, intellectual and government official, Matsumura Takeshiro (1818-1888). Largely ignored by both Western and Japanese scholars, the author argues that for the full study of the Edo per... more »iod, travel writing is essential. Remarkably, there is hardly any travel, whether private or official, which is left unrecorded. Many of the records have been lost, but a significant number are still extant. In addition to those mentioned above, the following 'travellers' and their writings are examined in depth: Nagakubo Sekisui (1717-1801), Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), Ueda Akinari (1734-1809), Tachibana Nankei (1752-1805), Furukawa Koshoken (1726-1807), Sugae Masumi (1754-1829),Takayama Hikokuro (1747-93), Shiba Kokan (1747-1818), Matsura Seizan (1760-1841), Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848), Hishiya Heishichi (dates unknown), Tomimoto Shigetayu (dates unknown) and Watanabe Kazan (1793-1888).« less