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Image Number: 
JRL15070864
Reference Number: 
Japanese 123
Parent Work Title: 
Kaisei nihon yochi rotei zenzu
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Revised Complete Map of Japanese Lands and Roads
Creator: 
Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
Creator Role: 
Cartographer
Date Created: 
[date not identified]
Image Sequence Number: 
001
Image Sequence Total: 
003
Description: 
Complete map of Japan, with its principal land and sea routes by Nagakubo Sekisui. Wood block print, relief shown pictorially, original colours. Oriented with north to the upper right with several European compass roses and Bourbon fleur-de-lis, shows longitude and latitude; single sheet folds into original titled covers; includes legend, in Japanese, with mounted cover title.
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)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Japan
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
18th Century CE
Item Height: 
710mm
Item Width: 
1014mm
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. Unno, Kazutaka. "Cartography in Japan." The History of Cartography 2 (1994): 346-477.
Notes: 
First appeared in 1779, the map was revised and republished in 1791, and also in 1811, 1833, 1840, and 1844, after Nagakubo's death;
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2015-07-22
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Educational Notes: 
Japanese Maps Project
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead: 
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2015-09