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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