COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070831
Reference Number:
Japanese 48
Parent Work Title:
Kaihō Kyō Ezu / Shohonya, Kichibe. Anei 3 [1774]
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Kaihō Kyō Ezu
Translated Parent Work Title:
Pocket Plan of Kyoto
Creator:
Shohonya, Kichibe
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1774
Publication Details:
[Kyoto] : Shohonya Kichibe
Image Sequence Number:
001
Image Sequence Total:
003
Description:
Pocket map of Kyoto; In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially; covers all of Kyoto as well as some of its surrounding hills, oriented with north to the left; includes legend and map titles in cartouches. Hand coloured; Single sheet, folds into original titled covers; annotations in reddish/pink ink.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Kyoto Region (Japan)--Maps
Subject:
Cartography--Japan--History--Maps
Subject:
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Subject:
Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Technique Used:
Hand colouring
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Japan: Kyoto
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Kyoto
Item Height:
353mm
Item Width:
467mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Kornicki, Peter F. "THE JAPANESE COLLECTION IN THE BIBLIOTHECA-LINDESIANA." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 75.2 (1993): 209
References:
Ōtsuka Takashi, Kyōtozu sōmokuroku (General catalog of plans of Kyōto) Tokyo: Seishōdō Shoten, 1981
References:
Lowe, John. Old Kyoto: A Short Social History. Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Notes:
Cartographically, this copy is similar to that of the Japanese Historical Maps Collection of the East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley Image No.jhm000232a: http://luna.davidru…
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-07-22
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Educational Notes:
Japanese Maps Project
Academic Project Lead:
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2015-09
