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Image Number: 
JRL16030767
Reference Number: 
Japanese 98
Image Title: 
Bunken Edo ōezu
Alternative Image Title: 
Bunken Edo oezu
Alternative Image Title: 
Map of Edo
Translated Image Title: 
Large measured plan of Edo
Parent Work Title: 
Bunken Edo ōezu, Bunkyū 1 [1861]
Creator: 
Mori, Fūsai, active 1827
Date Created: 
1861
Publication Details: 
Edo, Subaraya Mohē
Page/Sheet: 
Frame five
Image Sequence Number: 
007
Description: 
Fifth of 7 digital sections: Detailed woodcut map of Edo oriented with north to the right; in colour, relief shown pictorially; folds into original covers with mounted cover title, in Japanese; includes legend.
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
Style Period: 
Edo Period
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Japan
Item Height: 
1896 mm
Item Width: 
2085 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 Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2016-03-11
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Academic Project Lead: 
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2016-04
Educational Notes: 
Japanese Maps Project - Part III