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Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

[Saikai kōrozu]

Description

Chart of route from Ōsaka Bay to Nagasaki. Map composed of 21 panels varying from 41.6 x 59.2 cm. to 41.6 x 30 cm. total mounted size 44.2 x 753 cm. Navigation chart with routes in red, giving distances along the routes; sandbars and provincial boundaries in black, showing buildings (houses, temples, etc.) along the route, and "bansho" posts on the outer islands. Blue cloth cover on outside of scroll; cover title: Kōbe yori Nagasaki made dōchūki (Route map from Kōbe to Nagasaki). Shinto shrines in red, e.g. Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima island, except for two near Ōsaka. Deshima appears as a compound inland near Nagasaki. Cited in: WSN; 315.

Item Metadata

Title
[Saikai kōrozu]; [西海航路圖]
Alternate Title
Chart of the Western sea; 西海航路図
Publisher
[place of publication unknown : publisher not identified]
Date Created
1860; [ca. 万延 (Man'en) 1]
Description
Chart of route from Ōsaka Bay to Nagasaki. Map composed of 21 panels varying from 41.6 x 59.2 cm. to 41.6 x 30 cm. total mounted size 44.2 x 753 cm. Navigation chart with routes in red, giving distances along the routes; sandbars and provincial boundaries in black, showing buildings (houses, temples, etc.) along the route, and "bansho" posts on the outer islands. Blue cloth cover on outside of scroll; cover title: Kōbe yori Nagasaki made dōchūki (Route map from Kōbe to Nagasaki). Shinto shrines in red, e.g. Itsukushima shrine on Miyajima island, except for two near Ōsaka. Deshima appears as a compound inland near Nagasaki. Cited in: WSN; 315.
Extent
1 map : manuscript, colour, scroll ; 41.6 x 713 cm, in box 50.4 x 10.5 x 9 cm
Subject
Maps, Manuscript; Scrolls, Japanese - Maps; Nautical Charts - Japan; Saikairikudô - Maps - 19th century; Kinki Region (Japan); Chūgoku Region (Japan); Shikoku Region (Japan); Kyūshū Region (Japan)
Genre
Maps
Type
Still Image
File Format
application/pdf
Language
Japanese
Identifier
G7962.S24 P5 1860z; G7962_S24_P5_1860z
Collection
Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era
Series
[Beans]; Addenda
Source
Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. G7962.S24 P5 1860z
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=2805105
DOI
10.14288/1.0227939
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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