Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL15070864
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Reference Number:
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Japanese 123
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Image Title:
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Kaisei nihon yochi rotei zenzu
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Alternative Image Title:
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Revised Complete Map of Japanese Lands and Roads
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Parent Work Title:
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Kaisei nihon yochi rotei zenzu
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Creator:
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Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801
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Creator Role:
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Cartographer
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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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A complete map of Japan, with its principal land and sea routes by Nagakubo Sekisui. Wood block print, relief shown pictorially, original colours. Oriented with north to the upper right with several European compass roses and Bourbon fleur-de-lis, shows longitude and latitude; single sheet folds into original titled covers; includes legend, in Japanese, with mounted cover title.
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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
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Style Period:
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Edo Period
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Time Period Covered:
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18th Century CE
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Item Height:
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710mm
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Item Width:
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1014mm
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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. Unno, Kazutaka. "Cartography in Japan." The History of Cartography 2 (1994): 346-477.
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Notes:
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First appeared in 1779, the map was revised and republished in 1791, and also in 1811, 1833, 1840, and 1844, after Nagakubo's death;
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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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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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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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