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Image Number: 
JRL15120053
Reference Number: 
Japanese 95
Parent Work Title: 
Kaisei On'edo ōezu, Bunkyū 1 [1861]
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Large map of Edo
Creator: 
Takai, Ranzan, 1762-1838
Creator Role: 
Cartographer
Date Created: 
1861
Publication Details: 
Edo: Izumoji Manjirō, Okadaya Kahichi
Page/Sheet: 
Composite image
Image Sequence Number: 
005
Image Sequence Total: 
005
Description: 
Map of Edo. First published in 1843, but this copy was printed from blocks altered in 1861. Single sheet, roads towns and castles indicated; colour woodblock print, in Japanese, relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Folds into original covers; mounted title.
Language Code: 
jpn
Language Name: 
Japanese
Subject: 
Early maps--Japan
Subject: 
Japan--1800-1890
Subject: 
Roads--Japan--Tokyo--Maps
Subject: 
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Subject: 
Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
Category of Material: 
Printed
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Japan: Tokyo
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Japan: Tokyo
Item Height: 
1220 mm
Item Width: 
1351 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): 209-300.
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