COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070847
Reference Number:
Japanese 118
Parent Work Title:
Shinsei yochi zenzu
Date Created:
1844
Page/Sheet:
Frame 1
Image Sequence Number:
001
Image Sequence Total:
005
Description:
First of 3 digital sections: Map of the world divided into two hemispheres. Wood block print, in Japanese, mounted on linen scroll, published in 1844 (postface). Possibly a pirate edition of Japanese 118a. The map includes western and eastern hemispheres, with a coloured legend and four small hemispheres; title label mounted on scroll.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
World maps
Subject:
Cartography--Japan--History--Maps
Subject:
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Subject:
Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan
Item Height:
1480 mm
Item Width:
355 mm
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.
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
