Introduction: Japan, the Kuroshio, and the Creation of a Pacific World 1 The Geophysics of Japan’s Terraqueous Metabolism 23 2 Maritime Practice and Virtual Geography 52 3 The Invention of Japan’s Pacific 76 4 Harbingers of Empire 110 5 Naval Technology and the Geopolitics of the Kuroshio Highway 135 6 Tokugawa Colonialism and the Symbolism of Modern Statehood 162 7 Science, State, and Piracy i..