COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070840
Reference Number:
Japanese 97
Parent Work Title:
Enjyu Oedo Ezu
Date Created:
1860
Page/Sheet:
Single sheet
Image Sequence Number:
001
Description:
Map of Edo published in 1858, but this copy was printed from blocks revised in 1860. Colour woodblock print, in Japanese, relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Single sheet with a section at middle that drops down and is longer than the rest of the map, at its longest points the height of the map is 780 mm and the width is 930 mm; folds into original burnished patterned covers.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
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: Tokyo
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Tokyo
Item Height:
780mm
Item Width:
930mm
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.
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
