COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15120053
Reference Number:
Japanese 95
Image Title:
Oedo ōezu
Alternative Image Title:
Kaisei On'edo ōezu
Alternative Image Title:
Bunkyū kaisei On'edo ōezu
Translated Image Title:
Large plan of Edo revised in Bunkyu
Parent Work Title:
Kaisei On'edo ōezu, Bunkyū 1 [1861]
Creator:
Takai, Ranzan, 1762-1838
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1861
Publication Details:
Edo: Izumoji Manjirō, Okadaya Kahichi
Page/Sheet:
Composite image
Image Sequence Number:
005
Description:
Map of Edo. First published in 1843, but this copy was printed from blocks altered in 1861. Single sheet, roads towns and castles indicated; colour woodblock print, in Japanese, relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Folds into original covers; mounted title.
Language Code:
jpn
Language Name:
Japanese
Subject:
Early maps--Japan
Subject:
Japan--1800-1890
Subject:
Roads--Japan--Tokyo--Maps
Subject:
Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868
Subject:
Edo period, Japan, 1600-1868
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Japan: Tokyo
Style Period:
Edo Period
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Places Covered:
Japan: Tokyo
Item Height:
1220 mm
Item Width:
1351 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.
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
