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Image Number: 
JRL15070831
Reference Number: 
Japanese 48
Parent Work Title: 
Kaihō Kyō Ezu / Shohonya, Kichibe. Anei 3 [1774]
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Kaihō Kyō Ezu
Translated Parent Work Title: 
Pocket Plan of Kyoto
Creator: 
Shohonya, Kichibe
Creator Role: 
Author
Date Created: 
1774
Publication Details: 
[Kyoto] : Shohonya Kichibe
Page/Sheet: 
Single sheet
Image Sequence Number: 
001
Description: 
Pocket map of Kyoto; In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially; covers all of Kyoto as well as some of its surrounding hills, oriented with north to the left; includes legend and map titles in cartouches. Hand coloured; Single sheet, folds into original titled covers; annotations in reddish/pink ink.
Language Code: 
jpn
Language Name: 
Japanese
Subject: 
Early maps--Japan
Subject: 
Kyoto Region (Japan)--Maps
Subject: 
Cartography--Japan--History--Maps
Subject: 
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Subject: 
Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Maps
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Japan: Kyoto
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
18th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Japan: Kyoto
Item Height: 
353mm
Item Width: 
467mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
References: 
Kornicki, Peter F. "THE JAPANESE COLLECTION IN THE BIBLIOTHECA-LINDESIANA." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 75.2 (1993): 209
References: 
Ōtsuka Takashi, Kyōtozu sōmokuroku (General catalog of plans of Kyōto) Tokyo: Seishōdō Shoten, 1981
References: 
Lowe, John. Old Kyoto: A Short Social History. Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Notes: 
Cartographically, this copy is similar to that of the Japanese Historical Maps Collection of the East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley Image No.jhm000232a: http://luna.davidrumsey.com:8380/luna/servlet/s/8y66ef
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2015-07-22
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Educational Notes: 
Japanese Maps Project
Academic Project Lead: 
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2015-09