COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL16020999
Reference Number:
Japanese 165
Parent Work Title:
Honchō zukan kōmoku
Translated Parent Work Title:
Outline map of our country
Creator:
Ishikawa, Tomonobu
Creator Role:
Artist
Date Created:
18th century
Page/Sheet:
Composite image
Image Sequence Number:
007
Image Sequence Total:
007
Description:
Complete atlas of Japan by Ishikawa Tomonobu. Published at some time in the early 18th century and reprinted with revisions some time between 1717 and 1724.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Atlases--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
Places Covered:
Japan
Item Height:
703 mm
Item Width:
1674 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:
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. 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 Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-02-08
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead:
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-02
Educational Notes:
Japanese Maps Project - Part III
