COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070828
Reference Number:
Japanese 44
Parent Work Title:
Kyō Ezu
Translated Parent Work Title:
Map of Kyoto
Date Created:
[date not identified]
Image Sequence Number:
001
Image Sequence Total:
003
Description:
Map of Kyoto - lacks date, but published in the first half of the 19th century. In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially; covers all of Kyoto as well as some of its surrounding hills; includes legend; single sheet folds into original titled covers.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Kyoto Region (Japan)--Maps
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
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Kyoto
Item Height:
629mm
Item Width:
518mm
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:
Folded in covers - Images: JRL15070829 and JRL15070830
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
