Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., n.d. [Genroku 1 元禄元年, 1688 ?] . No kanki, but cyclical date 辰歳 on title slip almost certainly indicates Genroku 1, 1688. Description: 1 sheet (folding map) in a box. 840 x 900 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 695 x 900 mm. No borders. Text-matter in kanji and hiragana. Original dark blue covers of folded map (181 x 105 mm.), with original printed title slip centrally placed. Gedai: 辰歳 (角書) 増補大坂圖. No naidai. Edition: Apparently the only edition with this title. Preceded by editions of Meireki 3 (1657) and Enpō 6 (1678), both entitled Shinpan Ōsaka no zu 新板大坂之圖, and followed by an edition of Zōho Ōsaka-zu 増補大坂圖 (without tsunogaki) published in Ōsaka by Yorozuya Hikotarō in Genroku 14 (1701). Contents: Detailed street plan of Ōsaka, indicating temples and shrines, yashiki of daimyō, street names changed in Enpō 9 延宝九年 (1681), and distances from other places.
Zōho Ōsaka-zu 増補大坂圖 [増補大坂図]
This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections
- Reference
- GB 59 Or.75.f.9
- Former Reference
- GB 59 Pr. Or. 133
- Dates of Creation
- 1688
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 sheet Condition: Good. Recently re-backed with linen. Impression:Blocks show only slight evidence of wear. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, impressed on back of map. Manuscript notes: Note on paper slip pasted to front cover: A plan of the city of Osacca in Japan. (Not in Kaempfer's hand.) Old shelfmark: Pr: Or: 133.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
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.