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Image Number: 
JRL15070848
Reference Number: 
Japanese 118
Parent Work Title: 
Shinsei yochi zenzu
Date Created: 
1844
Page/Sheet: 
Frame 2
Image Sequence Number: 
002
Image Sequence Total: 
005
Description: 
Second 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
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
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
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