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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