COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070856
Reference Number:
Japanese 120
Image Title:
Front Cover: Jūsen Nihon yochi zenzu
Parent Work Title:
Jūsen Nihon yochi zenzu. Tenmei 3 [1783]
Creator:
Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1783
Page/Sheet:
Front Cover
Image Sequence Number:
002
Description:
Front Cover: Map of Japan; pale yellow burnished paper and flexible cover board; mounted cover title (partly missing), in Japanese, text black on white labels; one with Library's call no.: Japanese 120. Annotated: number "6" in black ink.
Keyword:
Edo period; Tokugawa period
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Item Height:
183mm
Item Width:
109mm
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
