.: Leuven, Leuven University Press, 2001, in-8°, 383 pp, index,numerous colour illustrations. Publisher's cloth with dust jacket. This collection of essays is the outcome of an international symposium, jointly organised by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto, and the Section of Japanese Studies of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in October 1998. Its main interest is the spread of Western scientific thought in Japan.Text in English..