Nihonkoku ōezu 日本國大繪圖 [日本国大絵図]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.13(2)
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Pr. Or. 94
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1684-1688]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet Condition: Good. Impression: Sharp and clear, shozuri or near. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on reverse of map. Manuscript notes: Transliteration, in Kaempfer's hand, of name Matsumae 松前 on an island between Honshū and Ezo (Hokkaidō). Old shelfmark, Pr: Or: 94, on title slip.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Shinpan Nihonkoku ōezu 新板日本國大繪圖 [新板日本国大絵図]. Imprint: N. p., n.d. [Jōkyō period, 1684-88] . No colophon, but see Edition below. Description: 2 folding map, made up of 4 sheets pasted together vertically, in a box. 694 x 1665 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 68 x 1652 mm. Single-line borders. Text-matter chiefly in kanji, with some katakana. Original dark blue covers (231 x 14 mm.), with original printed title slip. Gedai: Shinpan (tsunogaki) Nihonkoku ōezu 新板 (角書) 日本國大繪圖. No naidai. Edition: Corresponds to the second undated edition described by Akioka in Nihon chizu sakuseishi 日本地図作成史, p. 88, col. 1. In Sagami province, instead of Inaba Tango 稲葉丹後, it gives the daimyō's name as Ōkubo Kaga 大久保加賀 and his revenue as 103,000 goku. Matsumae 松前 appears as an island between Honshū and Hokkaidō. This edition, according to Akioka, is likely to have been published in Jōkyō 3 貞享三年 (1686). Contents: Map of Japan, designer unknown, showing fiefs, castles and inns. Hand-coloured in green, yellow, mauve and blue. A panel along lower edge lists provinces and their revenues, grouped in the 7 traditional dō 道.

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.