COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL21180005a
Reference Number:
Japanese 88
Parent Work Title:
Jissoku nihon chizu
Date Created:
1865
Publication Details:
Kanseijo
Page/Sheet:
Sheet 2
Image Sequence Number:
002
Image Sequence Total:
005
Description:
Complete map of Japan, published by the Kanseijo, a school of foreign studies set up by the military Tokugawa government (1603-1868). It was based on an earlier (1821) collection of smaller maps.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Cartography--Japan--History--Maps
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
2300 mm
Item Width:
1600 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
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2021-04-19
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead:
Sonia Favi
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2021-06
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
