COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070834
Reference Number:
Japanese 94
Image Title:
Shinzō saiken Kyō ezu daizen
Alternative Image Title:
Detailed Map of Kyoto Revised
Parent Work Title:
Tenpō kaisei shinzō saiken Kyō ezu taizen : kan. Tenpō 5 [1834]
Creator:
Ikeda, Tōritei, 1788-1857
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Yūrakusai, Nakamura, 1805-1842
Creator Role:
Artist
Date Created:
1834
Publication Details:
Kyoto : Takehara Yoshibe?
Page/Sheet:
Single sheet
Image Sequence Number:
001
Description:
Map of Kyoto by Ikeda Toritei and Nakamura Yurakusai. In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially, in colour; Drawn by Nakamura Yūrakusai. Single sheet, folds into original cover; Oriented with north to the left. Includes legend. Title added by hand; Annotated.
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:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Kyoto
Item Height:
1047 mm
Item Width:
732 mm
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:
Nanba, Matsutaro, ed. Old maps in Japan. Sogensha, 1973. ▪Roberts, Laurance P. A dictionary of Japanese artists: painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints, lacquer. Tuttle Pub, 1976
Notes:
The artist's name is found in the colophon in the lower left corner, reads Nakamura Yurakusai, a.k.a. Nagahide was his major "studio name".
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
