East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine ( EAST ) is a peer-reviewed, international journal dedicated to the study of traditional, modern, and contemporary East Asian science, technology, and medicine. Published on behalf of the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, EAST focuses on original research using Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Vietnamese primary sources or artifacts. It publishes original research that elucidates the relationships and interactions of science, technology, and medicine with politics, society, economics, philosophy, culture, religion, historiography, as well as their disciplinary traditions. It publishes original articles and research notes, review articles, editorials and book reviews of various lengths. EAST welcomes original research and the international exchange of views on all issues concerning East Asian science, technology, and medicine. It welcomes multidisciplinary approaches to its distinctive fields of historical enquiry from numerous disciplines, including those of: demographers, social historians, and social anthropologists.