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Image Number: 
JRL15070856
Reference Number: 
Japanese 120
Parent Work Title: 
Jūsen Nihon yochi zenzu. Tenmei 3 [1783]
Creator: 
Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
Creator Role: 
Cartographer
Date Created: 
1783
Page/Sheet: 
Front Cover
Image Sequence Number: 
002
Image Sequence Total: 
003
Description: 
Front Cover: Map of Japan; pale yellow burnished paper and flexible cover board; mounted cover title (partly missing), in Japanese, text black on white labels; one with Library's call no.: Japanese 120. Annotated: number "6" in black ink.
Keyword: 
Edo period; Tokugawa period
Language Code: 
jpn
Language Name: 
Japanese
Subject: 
Early maps--Japan
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
18th Century CE
Item Height: 
183mm
Item Width: 
109mm
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.
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