COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070855
Reference Number:
Japanese 120
Parent Work Title:
Jūsen Nihon yochi zenzu. Tenmei 3 [1783]
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Jūsen Nihon yochi zenzu
Creator:
Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1783
Publication Details:
Osaka: Asano Yahe
Image Sequence Number:
001
Image Sequence Total:
003
Description:
Re-engraved map of Japan. Published in 1783. Wood block print, hand coloured single sheet folds into original titled covers; in Japanese, with mounted cover title which is partly missing from this copy; preface by Shibano Ritsuzan. Engraved by Kishimoto Hikouemon. Covers Matsumae to Tanegashima, Yakushima, Tsushima, and Ogasawara. Shows longitude and latitude. Includes explanation of Kuroshio.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Cartography--Japan--History--Maps
Subject:
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Subject:
Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Technique Used:
Hand colouring
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Item Height:
550mm
Item Width:
526mm
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:
Cartographically, this copy is similar to that of the Japanese Historical Maps Collection of the East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley. Call number Ca13.1 - Image No. jhm000028a: http://library24.li…
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
