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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

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  • Printing began in Japan in the 8th century with the production of the Hyakumantō darani, though they were produced for ritual purposes not for reading. Texts were printed for reading from the 11th century onwards and from the beginning of the 17th century commercial publication took off rapidly and so successfully that by the 1660s catalogues of books in print were printed. So surely it is...
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures

2090 A Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building

707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-146

Urbana, IL 61801

ph: 217-244-1432, fx: 217-244-2223

Email: ealc@illinois.edu

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