COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070902
Reference Number:
Japanese 118a
Parent Work Title:
Shinsei yochi zenzu (A new complete map of the world) with Kon'yo zushiki (Exploratory notes)
Creator:
Mitsukuri, Shōgo, 1821-1847
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1844
Page/Sheet:
Composite image
Image Sequence Number:
005
Image Sequence Total:
005
Description:
Complete Map of the world divided into two hemispheres: Japanese 118a.
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:
1313 mm
Item Width:
350 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.
Notes:
Stitched Image - Image Nos.: JRL15070851-JRL15070853
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-07-22
Educational Notes:
Japanese Maps Project
Academic Project Lead:
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2015-09
