COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070838
Reference Number:
Japanese 96
Parent Work Title:
Kōeki oedo Ezu
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Page/Sheet:
Front Cover
Image Sequence Number:
002
Image Sequence Total:
003
Description:
Front Cover: Map of Edo. Beige burnished paper and flexible cover board; mounted cover title with black text on red label and a white label with the Library's call no.: Japanese 96. Annotated (see also Notes): "Jedo" in black ink and pencil, number "18" in black ink.
Keyword:
Japan, Japanese, Island, Edo period, Tokugawa period, Kyoto, Tokyo, Corea, Korea, war, cover
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Japan
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Tokyo
Item Height:
157mm
Item Width:
101mm
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): 209-300.
References:
Williams, Harold S. and Williams, Jean. Foreigners in Mikadoland / by Harold S. Williams ; decorations by Jean Williams Charles E. Tuttle Tokyo, Japan 1963
Notes:
"Jedo"- Jeddo and Yedo are anglicisations of Edo, the Japanese town and adjacent large bay; the name being commonly used by English-speaking people during the 1850s. After 1868, Edo was renamed as Tokyo.
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
