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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: 
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
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