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Image Number: 
JRL15120032
Reference Number: 
Japanese 95
Image Title: 
Front Cover: 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: 
[Covers to] 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: 
Front Cover
Image Sequence Number: 
001
Description: 
Front Cover: Map of Edo; dark red floral pattern on paper, flexible cover board; mounted cover title in Japanese, text black on white and beige labels; one with Library's call no.: Japanese 95.
Language Code: 
jpn
Language Name: 
Japanese
Subject: 
Early maps--Japan
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Category of Material: 
Printed
Sub-Category: 
Bindings
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Creation Site: 
Japan: Tokyo
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Japan: Tokyo
Item Height: 
279 mm
Item Width: 
195 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
Educational Notes: 
Japanese Maps Project - Part II