Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., Enpō 9, 1681. Kanki at end of kango at bottom left-hand corner reads: 延宝九年酉五月吉日. Description: 1 folding map made up of 2 sheets pasted together and printed from 4 blocks. In a box. 496 x 703 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 400 x 697 mm. Single-line borders. Text-matter in kanji and hiragana-majiri. Original dark blue covers (124 x 610 mm.) with original printed title slip on left bearing gedai: Zōho Edo-zu 増補江戸圖. No naidai. Contents: Street plan of Edo, hand-coloured in yellow, green, pink and blue. An inset panel at bottom left gives distances from Nihonbashi, followed by short kango and date.
Zōho Edo-zu 増補江戸圖 [増補江戸図]
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- Dates of Creation1681
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description1 sheet Condition: Good. Recently re-backed with linen. Impression:Atozuri, from worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on reverse of map. Manuscript notes: None on face of map. Note (in Kaempfer's hand ?) on title slip: Iaponici Imp. Urbs in [?] . Note on paper slip pasted to front cover: Plan of the city of Iedo in Japan.
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Acquisition Information
Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.
Other Finding Aids
Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993). C. Japanese works 和書 8. Literature - poetry 国文-詩歌 d. Jōruri 浄瑠璃
Bibliography
Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.