Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL15070840
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Reference Number:
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Japanese 97
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Parent Work Title:
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Enjyu Oedo Ezu
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Date Created:
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1860
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Page/Sheet:
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Single sheet
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Image Sequence Number:
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001
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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jpn
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Language Name:
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Japanese
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Subject:
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Early maps--Japan
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Subject:
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Cartography--Japan--History--Maps
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Subject:
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Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
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Subject:
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Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Woodcut (process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Japan: Tokyo
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Style Period:
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Edo Period
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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Japan: Tokyo
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Item Height:
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780mm
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Item Width:
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930mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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Kornicki, Peter F. "THE JAPANESE COLLECTION IN THE BIBLIOTHECA-LINDESIANA." Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester 75.2 (1993): 209.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2015-07-22
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Educational Notes:
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Japanese Maps Project
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Academic Project Lead:
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Erica Baffelli
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2015-09
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