COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070832
Reference Number:
Japanese 48
Image Title:
Front Cover: Kaihō Kyō Ezu
Alternative Image Title:
Pocket Plan of Kyoto
Parent Work Title:
[Covers to] Kaihō Kyō Ezu / Shohonya, Kichibe. Anei 3 [1774]
Date Created:
1774
Publication Details:
[Kyoto] : Shohonya Kichibe
Page/Sheet:
Front Cover
Image Sequence Number:
002
Description:
Front Cover: Pocket map of Kyoto; dark blue paper and flexible cover board; mounted cover title, in Japanese, black text on beige label and white label the Library's call no.: Japanese 48 - Annotation in black ink: "Miyako" (see Notes field).
Keyword:
Japan, Japanese, Island, Edo period, Tokugawa period, Kyoto, Tokyo, Corea, Korea, war, cover
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Printed
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Japan: Kyoto
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Kyoto
Item Height:
156mm
Item Width:
88mm
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
Notes:
In Japanese, the city has been called Kyō (京), Miyako (都), or Kyō no Miyako (京の都). In the 11th century, the city was renamed Kyoto ("capital city"). Japanese: 都; Miyako, meaning "the seat of Imperial palace" or "capital".
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
