COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL16030760
Reference Number:
Japanese 29
Parent Work Title:
Fujimi jūsanshū yochi zenzu, Tenpo 14 [1843]
Translated Parent Work Title:
Map of the thirteen provinces from which Mt.Fuji is visible
Creator:
Akiyama, Einen, active 1842-1843
Date Created:
1843
Page/Sheet:
Composite image
Image Sequence Number:
005
Image Sequence Total:
005
Description:
Complete map of the area around Mt Fuji by Akiyama Bokusen. Woodcut map, in colour, relief shown pictorially; folds into original covers with mounted cover title, in Japanese; includes legend.
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:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan
Item Height:
1558 mm
Item Width:
1779 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.
Notes:
The digitisation of this map has been generously funded by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation .
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-03-11
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead:
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-04
Educational Notes:
Japanese Maps Project - Part III
