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Image Number: 
JRL15120051
Reference Number: 
Japanese 211
Parent Work Title: 
Tōkaidō bunken ezu
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Measured map of the Tōkaidō Highway
Creator: 
Doin, Ochikochi, approximately 1628-1700
Creator Role: 
Cartographer
Creator: 
Moronobu, Hishikawa, 1618-1694
Creator Role: 
Artist
Date Created: 
[1690]
Publication Details: 
Edo Shin-izumi-machi : Hangiya Shichirobêi
Page/Sheet: 
Back Cover
Scale: 
1:12,000
Image Sequence Number: 
016
Image Sequence Total: 
016
Description: 
Back Cover: Map of the Tokaido road; dark blue paper, flexible cover board; mounted bookplate of Biblioteca Lindesiana; at the base of the bookplate in pencil is the notation: "17/D"
Keyword: 
Edo period; Tokugawa period;
Language Code: 
jpn
Language Name: 
Japanese
Subject: 
Early maps--Japan
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Sub-Category: 
Bookplates
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Japan
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
17th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Japan: Tokyo
Places Covered: 
Japan: Kyoto
Places Covered: 
Japan: Osaka
Item Height: 
268 mm
Item Width: 
148 mm
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
References: 
Hasegawa, K. "Road atlases in early modern Japan and Britain." Geographic-al Studies & Japan, Japan Library (1993): 15-24
Notes: 
The digitisation of this map has been generously funded by the Japan Foundation.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2015-12-08
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead: 
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2015-12-18
Educational Notes: 
Japanese Maps Project - Part II