Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL15070871
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Reference Number:
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MGS Folded: D20 (105)
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Parent Work Title:
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Map of Japan for Tourists, published by the Welcome Society of Japan
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Creator:
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Welcome Society of Japan [Kihin-kai]
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Date Created:
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1897
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Publication Details:
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Tokyo: Welcome Society of Japan
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Page/Sheet:
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recto
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Image Sequence Number:
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001
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Description:
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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”.
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Keyword:
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Japan, Japanese, Island, Edo period, Tokugawa period, Kyoto, Tokyo, Corea, Korea, war, cover
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language Name:
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English
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Technique Used:
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Lithography
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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Japan: Tokyo
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Time Period Covered:
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19th Century CE
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Item Height:
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865mm
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Item Width:
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575mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Previous Site:
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Manchester Geographical Society
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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Manchester Geographical Society. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society. Vol. 16. The Society, 1910, pp. 204-227.
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Notes:
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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.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2015-07-22
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Educational Notes:
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Japanese Maps Project
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Academic Project Lead:
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Erica Baffelli
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2015-09
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