Tōkaidō bungen ezu

Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Tōkaidō bungen ezu Sōyō

Description

Cover attached; cover title is worn away and illegible. Roads, towns and castles indicated. The introduction and a table of tides are at the front (2 pages), and a table of distances, transportation fees and agents is at back (7 pages). Revised and reduced edition of 東海道分間繪圖 Tōkaidō bungen ezu, 1690. Cited in: WSN; 72

Item Metadata

Title	Tōkaidō bungen ezu; 東海道分間繪圖
AlternateTitle	Measured map of the Tōkaidō Highway; 東海道分間絵図
Creator	Sōyō
Contributor	Yorozuya, Seibē
Publisher	Edo : Yorozuya Seibē
DateCreated	1752; 宝暦 (Hōreki) 2
Description	Cover attached; cover title is worn away and illegible. Roads, towns and castles indicated. The introduction and a table of tides are at the front (2 pages), and a table of distances, transportation fees and agents is at back (7 pages). Revised and reduced edition of 東海道分間繪圖 Tōkaidō bungen ezu, 1690. Cited in: WSN; 72
Extent	1 map : woodcut, accordion folded ; scale 1 bu to 1 cho : [1:36 000] ; 12.7 x 100.3 cm, in slip case 16.5 x 10 x 2.8 cm
Subject	Tides; Maps, Tourist - Tokaido; Japan - Distances, etc.; Tokaido; Emaki Shiki; Kantō Region (Japan); Chūbu Region (Japan); Kinki Region (Japan)
Genre	Maps; Prints
Type	Text
FileFormat	application/pdf
Language	Japanese
Identifier	G7962.T6 E635 1752 S6; G7962_T6_E635_1752_S6
Collection	Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era
Series	[Beans]; 1752.3
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G7962.T6 E635 1752 S6
DateAvailable	2015
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
CatalogueRecord	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=2804146
IsShownAt	10.14288/1.0213243
AggregatedSourceRepository	CONTENTdm

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