Download or read book The Lens Within the Heart written by Timon Screech and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-03-31 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of eighteenth century Japan, using sources wholly unstudied since their writing, reveals the profound influence that the introduction of Western technology and scientific instruments (including glass, lenses, and mirrors) had on Japanese notions of sight, and how this change in perception was reflected clearly in popular culture.