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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
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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
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Publisher |
Edo : Chōjiya Heibē
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Date Created |
1848; 嘉永 (Kaei) 1
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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.
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Extent |
1 map : woodcut, colour ; 33.2 x 59.5 cm on sheet 65.8 x 65 cm
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File Format |
application/pdf
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Language |
Japanese
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Identifier |
G3200.1848 K8; G3200_1848_K8
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Source |
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G3200.1848 K8
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Date Available |
2015
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Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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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
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Catalogue Record | |
DOI |
10.14288/1.0216507
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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