Kaei kōtei Tōzai Chikyū bankoku zenzu

Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Kaei kōtei Tōzai Chikyū bankoku zenzu Kurihara, Shinchō

Description

Cover attached; title from cover. Attached text (22.2 x 59.4 cm.) by Abe Kinin, dated 天保 (Tenpō) 9 [1838], says the map was "based on a French chart of 1835." A imitation of 新製輿地全圖 Shinsei Yochi zenzu (Newly made map of the earth) by 箕作省吾 Mitsukuri Shōgo published in 1844. ; The map includes western and eastern hemispheres (27.8 cm. each), with a coloured legend and four small hemispheres (5.6 cm. each) all within a decorative border (broken at the top); with a panel of text (22.2 x 59.4 cm.) above the map; total size of sheet 65.8 x 65 cm. Reproduced in: 日本古地図大成世界図編 Nihon kochizu taisei Sekaizu hen, pl. 107.

Item Metadata

Title	Kaei kōtei Tōzai Chikyū bankoku zenzu; 嘉永校訂東西地球萬國全圖
Alternate Title	Map of all the countries on the eastern and western hemispheres, revised in Kaei period; 嘉永校訂東西地球萬国全図
Creator	Kurihara, Shinchō
Contributor	Okada, Kinshū, active 19th century; Abe, Kinin; Mitsukuri, Shōgo, 1821-1846
Publisher	Edo : Chōjiya Heibē
Date Created	1848; 嘉永 (Kaei) 1
Description	Cover attached; title from cover. Attached text (22.2 x 59.4 cm.) by Abe Kinin, dated 天保 (Tenpō) 9 [1838], says the map was "based on a French chart of 1835." A imitation of 新製輿地全圖 Shinsei Yochi zenzu (Newly made map of the earth) by 箕作省吾 Mitsukuri Shōgo published in 1844. ; The map includes western and eastern hemispheres (27.8 cm. each), with a coloured legend and four small hemispheres (5.6 cm. each) all within a decorative border (broken at the top); with a panel of text (22.2 x 59.4 cm.) above the map; total size of sheet 65.8 x 65 cm. Reproduced in: 日本古地図大成世界図編 Nihon kochizu taisei Sekaizu hen, pl. 107.
Extent	1 map : woodcut, colour ; 33.2 x 59.5 cm on sheet 65.8 x 65 cm
Subject	World
Genre	Maps; Prints
Type	Still Image
File Format	application/pdf
Language	Japanese
Identifier	G3200.1848 K8; G3200_1848_K8
Collection	Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era
Series	[Beans]; 1848.26
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G3200.1848 K8
Date Available	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
Catalogue Record	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=2804276
DOI	10.14288/1.0216507
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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