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Image Number: 
JRL15070837
Reference Number: 
Japanese 96
Image Title: 
Kōeki oedo Ezu
Alternative Image Title: 
Map of Edo
Parent Work Title: 
Kōeki oedo Ezu
Date Created: 
1787
Page/Sheet: 
Single sheet
Image Sequence Number: 
001
Description: 
Map of Edo. First published in the 1770s or early 1780s, but this copy was printed from blocks altered in 1787. In Japanese, wood block print, relief shown pictorially, hand coloured; Single sheet with a section at middle that drops down and is longer than the rest of the map, at its longest points the height of the map is 780 mm and the width is 885 mm; folds into original burnished patterned covers; mounted title.
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: 
18th Century CE
Places Covered: 
Japan: Tokyo
Item Height: 
780mm
Item Width: 
885mm
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
References: 
Williams, Harold S. and Williams, Jean. Foreigners in Mikadoland / by Harold S. Williams ; decorations by Jean Williams Charles E. Tuttle Tokyo, Japan 1963
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2015-07-22
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Educational Notes: 
Japanese Maps Project
Academic Project Lead: 
Erica Baffelli
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2015-09