The Transformation of the Early Modern Nagoya Book Market (1794-1889)

在这个项目的第二年，我继续对名古屋和江户书商联合出版的书籍进行存档工作，在名古屋(Tsurumai和Hosa Bunko)的档案馆工作，在新冠肺炎限制取消后，在国家饮食图书馆工作。通过这项工作，我添加了关于书籍、文本格式和书法样式以及纸张库存的测量数据。在这个项目的第二阶段，我还将注意力转移到了宣传性插页等副文本材料上。由于广告是用一种针对当地目标受众的语言编写的，汉字数量、hentaigana种类等方面的差异可能表明名古屋和江户读者的识字水平存在差异。

During the second year of this project, I continued archival work on jointly published books by Nagoya and Edo booksellers, working in archives in Nagoya (Tsurumai and Hosa Bunko), and after COVID-19 restrictions lifted, at the National Diet Library. Through this work, I added data about the measurements of books, textual formatting and calligraphy styles, and paper stock. In this second phase of the project, I also shifted attention to paratextual materials like promotional inserts. Since adverts are written in a language directed at the local target audience, differences in the number of kanji, variety of hentaigana, etc. can point to possible differences in the level of literacy between Nagoya and Edo readers.