COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15120040
Reference Number:
Japanese 211
Image Title:
Tōkaidō bunken no zu
Alternative Image Title:
Tokaido bungen no zu
Alternative Image Title:
"Atlas of Tokaido”
Translated Image Title:
Measured map of the Tōkaidō Highway
Parent Work Title:
Tōkaidō bungen no zu, v.4, Genroku 3 [1690]
Creator:
Doin, Ochikochi, approximately 1628-1700
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Creator:
Moronobu, Hishikawa, 1618-1694
Creator Role:
Artist
Date Created:
[1690]
Publication Details:
Edo Shin-izumi-machi : Hangiya Shichirobêi
Page/Sheet:
Frame four
Scale:
1:12,000
Image Sequence Number:
005
Description:
Fourth of 14 digital sections: An atlas of the Tokaido highway between Edo (Tokyo) and Osaka, compiled by the cartographer Ochikochi Doinby the painter Hishikawa Moronobu; woodblock-printed dochuzu or "on-the-road-maps" with great pictorial elaboration with elements of a guidebook. The map was first drawn in1690, but this copy is a later reprint. Accordion folded - 27 openings, cover attached; in Japanese, cover title same as map.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Roads--Japan--Tōkaidō--Maps
Subject:
Japan--1610-1920
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
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Tokyo
Places Covered:
Japan: Kyoto
Item Height:
265 mm
Item Width:
7800 mm
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
References:
Hasegawa, K. "Road atlases in early modern Japan and Britain." Geographic-al Studies & Japan, Japan Library (1993): 15-24
Notes:
The digitisation of this map has been generously funded by the Japan Foundation.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-12-08
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead:
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2015-12-18
Educational Notes:
Japanese Maps Project - Part II
