COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070861
Reference Number:
Japanese 122
Parent Work Title:
Tenpō saisen kaisei Nihon zu. Sankoku. Tenpō 14 [1843]
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Nihon yochizu
Creator:
Kikuchi, Toramatsu, 1717-1781
Date Created:
1843
Publication Details:
Toto : Kikuchi Toramatsu
Page/Sheet:
Single sheet
Image Sequence Number:
001
Description:
Map of Japan. Published in 1843. Mounted cover title. Wood block print, in colour, relief shown pictorially. Single sheet folds into original titled covers; in Japanese, with mounted cover title. Oriented with north to the upper right. Covers Matsumae to Tsushima, Okinoerabu, and Hachijojima. Shows longitude and latitude. Shows the distance of sea routes and explanation of Kuroshio. .
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
Item Height:
397mm
Item Width:
558mm
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
