Kyō ōezu 京大繪圖 [京大絵図]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.16
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1686
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet Condition: Good. Recently re-backed with linen. Impression: An early impression from little-worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on reverse of map. Manuscript notes: Transliterated names, etc., in Kaempfer's hand here and there on the map. Also: (1) note on title slip: Ichnographia Urbis Miaco; (2) note on paper slip pasted to front cover: Plan of the city of Miaco in Japan. Japanese; (3) long note on back cover: The Ichnography of the City of Miaco the Chief Seat of the (Hereditary) Eccle / =siastical Emperor of the Japanese. / This City is 9. Miles long (from North to South) / and 6. Miles broad from East to West. / In this City are 3893. Temples of the Religion of Budsdo / 2127. of the Rel. of Sintos / 137. Palaces / 1858. Streets and Paths / 13897. Houses / 87. Bridges / T. Astle [?] 16. Sept. 1762.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Shinsen zōho Kyō ōezu 新撰増補京大繪圖 [新撰増補京大絵図]. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Hayashi Yoshinaga, Jōkyō 3, 1686. Kanki at bottom left corner of map reads: 貞享三丙寅年正月吉日御繪圖所林氏吉永. Description: 1 folding map made up of 25 sheets pasted together, 5 vertical x 5 horizontal, in a box. 1667 × 1248 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 166 x 1228 mm. Single-line borders. Text-matter in kanji, katakana and hiragana. Original dark blue covers (238 x 157 mm.), with original printed title slip centrally placed. Gedai: Kyō ōezu 京大繪圖. No naidai. Edition: Maps of Kyōto published by Hayashi Yoshinaga were issued on frequent occasions during the late-17th century. The earliest recorded by Beans (Supplement A, p. 9), also published by Hayashi Yoshinaga, is undated but Beans places it as early as Kanbun 8 (1668). Beans notes also two editions of Genroku 4 (1691) and Genroku 12 (1699), both published by Hayashi. The latter, like the present copy, is titled Shinsen zōho (tsunogaki) Kyō ōezu 新撰増補 (角書) 京大繪圖 on the title slip. Contents: A large-scale street plan of the city of Kyōto, giving much miscellaneous information on Buddhist temples, distances from Ichijō 一條, etc., in printed panels on the map. Hand-coloured in yellow, green, blue and brown.

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.