CONTENTS: Foreword: Shyam Saran, Introduction: Sushila Narsimhan & Parul Bakshi, SECTION I Trading Ties Across the Ocean: 1. A Whiff of India: Sandalwood in Early Modern Japan-Martha Chaiklin, 2. Transoceanic Trading Network of Japan and Bombay: Rethinking on Asian Capitalism-Chhaya Goswami, 3. Mitsui's Enduring Legacy: Forging a Historic Partnership between India & Japan-Masaharu Okubo, 4. Japan in Bombay and its Presidency: Trade, Community, and the Japan Buddha Order (19th to mid-20th c.)-Sifra Lentin, 5. Some Aspects of Japan-India Trading Networks via Ayutthaya (Siam) in the 17th Century: With Focus on a Japanese Interpreters; Manual-'Yakushi chotanwa' Hiromu Nagashima, 6. Trade Networks and Niche Trade of Indian Trading Firms in Modern Japan- Ui Teromoto, SECTION II: Historic Intellectual Undercurrents: 7. South Asian Faces and Traces in Eighth Century Japan: The Life and Legacy of Bodhisena-Abigail MacBain, 8. Lessons from India-Japan Cross Cultural Comparisons: Satoyama, Arts and Technology-A Damodaran, 9. India-Japan Mutual Influences: The Case of Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshin-John K Gillespie, 10. The Mikado's Chemist: Puran Singh's Education and His Contribution to Science-Francesco Paolo Cioffo, 11. From Tenjiku to India, the Indology of Hirata Atsutane and Indo-Zoshi-Takahiko Ishizaki, SECTION III: An Artful Amalgamation of Culture: 12. Representing India in Edo Print Culture-D Max Moerman, 13. Minia, the Wax Resisted Textiles (Batik) and its Travel from India to Japan via China and Later via Indonesia-Padmini Tolat Balaram, 14. India and Namban Art, with a Focus on St. Francis Xavier and Namban Screens-Akira Tsukahara, 15. The First Indo-Japanese Connection through the Portuguese-Joao Paulo Oliveiria e Costa, 16. The Uniqueness of Japanese Artistic Heritage: Reflection of Japan's Cultural Encounters with the Outside World-Sampa Biswas, List of Contributors, Index.