- Maps Collection

COLLECTION NAME:

Maps Collection

mediaCollectionId

maps002~1~1

Maps Collection

Collection

true

Image Number:

JRL15070837

image_number

JRL15070837

Image Number

false

Reference Number:

Japanese 96

reference_number

Japanese 96

Reference Number

false

Parent Work Title:

Kōeki oedo Ezu

title_larger_entity

Kōeki oedo Ezu

Parent Work Title

false

Date Created:

1787

date_created

1787

Date Created

false

Image Sequence Number:

001

Image Sequence Total:

003

image_sequence_total

003

Image Sequence Total

false

Description:

Map of Edo. First published in the 1770s or early 1780s, but this copy was printed from blocks altered in 1787. In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially, hand coloured; Single sheet with a section at middle that drops down and is longer than the rest of the map, at its longest points the height of the map is 780 mm and the width is 885 mm; folds into original burnished patterned covers; mounted title.

description

Map of Edo. First published in the 1770s or early 1780s, but this copy was printed from blocks altered in 1787. In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially, hand coloured; Single sheet with a section at middle that drops down and is longer than the rest of the map, at its longest points the height of the map is 780 mm and the width is 885 mm; folds into original burnished patterned covers; mounted title.

Description

false

Language Code:

jpn

language

jpn

Language Code

false

Language Name:

Japanese

language_name

Japanese

Language Name

false

Subject:

Early maps--Japan

subject

Early maps--Japan

Subject

false

Subject:

Cartography--Japan--History--Maps

subject

Cartography--Japan--History--Maps

Subject

false

Subject:

Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868

subject

Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868

Subject

false

Subject:

Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868

subject

Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868

Subject

false

Category of Material:

Printed

category

Printed

Category of Material

false

Sub-Category:

Maps

class

Maps

Sub-Category

false

Technique Used:

Woodcut (process)

technique

Woodcut (process)

Technique Used

false

Technique Used:

Hand colouring

technique

Hand colouring

Technique Used

false

Medium:

Ink

medium

Ink

Medium

false

Support:

Paper

support

Paper

Support

false

Creation Site:

Japan

location_creation_site

Japan

Creation Site

false

Style Period:

Edo Period

style_period

Edo Period

Style Period

false

Time Period Covered:

18th Century CE

temporal_coverage

18th Century CE

Time Period Covered

false

Places Covered:

Japan: Tokyo

spatial_coverage

Japan: Tokyo

Places Covered

false

Item Height:

780mm

item_height

780mm

Item Height

false

Item Width:

885mm

item_width

885mm

Item Width

false

Current Repository:

The University of Manchester Library, U.K.

Provenance:

Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner

former_repository

Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner

Provenance

false

Rights Holder - Image:

The University of Manchester Library

Access Rights:

access_rights

Access Rights

false

References:

Kornicki, Peter F. "The Japanese collection in the Bibliotheca-Lindesiana." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 75.2 (1993): 209-300.

references

Kornicki, Peter F. "The Japanese collection in the Bibliotheca-Lindesiana." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 75.2 (1993): 209-300.

References

false

References:

Williams, Harold S. and Williams, Jean. Foreigners in Mikadoland / by Harold S. Williams ; decorations by Jean Williams Charles E. Tuttle Tokyo, Japan 1963

references

Williams, Harold S. and Williams, Jean. Foreigners in Mikadoland / by Harold S. Williams ; decorations by Jean Williams Charles E. Tuttle Tokyo, Japan 1963

References

false

Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):

2015-07-22

Image Creation Technique:

Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library

Educational Notes:

Japanese Maps Project

educational_notes

Japanese Maps Project

Educational Notes

false

Academic Project Lead:

Erica Baffelli

academic_project_lead

Erica Baffelli

Academic Project Lead

false

Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):

2015-09

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