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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: 
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.
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.library.cornell.edu:8280/luna/servlet/s/37y3a8
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