COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15070871
Reference Number:
MGS Folded: D20 (105)
Parent Work Title:
Map of Japan for Tourists, published by the Welcome Society of Japan
Creator:
Welcome Society of Japan [Kihin-kai]
Date Created:
1897
Publication Details:
Tokyo: Welcome Society of Japan
Page/Sheet:
recto
Image Sequence Number:
001
Description:
Topographic central map of Japan for tourists published by the Welcome Society of Japan; Includes ancillary maps: Taiwan, Chart of the World, Hokkaido and Okhotsk; glossary and explanation of signs. Folds into pictorial covers with woodblock prints of a geisha and Mt. Fuji; preface describing the object and fundamental principles of the Welcome Society; commercial advertising on reverse. This map has been identified as No. 2089 of First Edition. The total issue eleven thousand. November, 1897; It appears to have been printed for English speaking tourists. Annotated [see Notes field] - Mounted on the recto is the MGS’s bookplate: “Presented by The Executors of the late Mr. A. J. Kennedy, F.R.G.S – July 8th 1910”.
Keyword:
Japan, Japanese, Island, Edo period, Tokugawa period, Kyoto, Tokyo, Corea, Korea, war, cover
Language Code:
eng
Language Name:
English
Category of Material:
Printed
Technique Used:
Lithography
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
Japan: Tokyo
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
Item Height:
865mm
Item Width:
575mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Previous Site:
Manchester Geographical Society
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Manchester Geographical Society. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society. Vol. 16. The Society, 1910, pp. 204-227.
Notes:
In the upper left part of the bookplate in pencil is the notation: “22067 D20 (105)”. In the lower right corner of the preface is the signature of the map holder in black ink: “J. Kennedy” and written in red ink is: “London England”. Rubber stamp in blue ink: “Manchester Geographical Society”. Pencil notations in the lower margin/map’s frame.
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
