COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070858
Reference Number:
Japanese 121
Parent Work Title:
Keisei Nihon yochi rotei zenzu: zoshu teihon shinbun gunkai / Cho Harutaka. Tenpō 11 [1840]
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Kaisei Nihon yochi rotei zenzu
Translated Parent Work Title:
Revised Map of Japan
Creator:
Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1840
Publication Details:
Toto : Suhara Mohe, ...[et al.]
Scale:
1,296,000
Image Sequence Number:
001
Image Sequence Total:
003
Description:
Map of Japan by Nagakubo Sekisui. Published in 1840; a later edition of Japanese 123. Wood block print, relief shown pictorially, hand coloured single sheet folds into original titled covers; in Japanese, with mounted cover title. Oriented with north to the upper right. Preface by Shiba Ritsuzan. Engraved by Inoue Jihe. Covers Matsumae to Tsushima, and Okinoerabujima. Shows latitude and longitude, distance of sea routes, and Kuroshio. Includes legend and text by the author.
Keyword:
Edo period, Tokugawa period
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
Creation Site:
Japan: Tokyo
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Item Height:
825mm
Item Width:
1284mm
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 Ca29 - Image No. Ca_29_1 http://luna.davidru…
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
