Edo o-ōezu 江戸御大繪圖 [江戸御大絵図]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.18
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1689
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet Condition: Good. Recently re-backed with linen. Impression: Blocks show little sign of wear. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, on reverse of map. Manuscript notes: Note on paper slip pasted to front cover: Plan of the city of Iedo in Japan. Old shelfmark: Pr: Or: 92.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: Edo, Hayashi Yoshinaga, Genroku 2, 1689. Kanki at top right-hand corner reads: 江戸通り新兩替町 ／ 京橋南江二町目 ／ 御繪圖所 ／ 林氏吉永印. Kango at bottom left-hand corner ends with the following dated kanki: 元禄二己巳年五月吉日 林氏吉永. Description: 1 folding map made up of 15 sheets pasted together, 5 vertical x 3 horizontal, in a box. 1385 × 1368 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 1363 x 1364 mm. Single-line borders. Text-matter in kanji and hiragana-majiri. Original dark blue covers (2310 x 170 mm.) with renewed title slip bearing manuscript gedai: 江戸御大繪圖. No naidai. Edition: One of the numerous editions published almost annually by Hayashi Yoshinaga between Enpō 延宝 and Genroku 元禄 periods. Beans lists editions dated Enpō 4 (1676), 6 (1678), 7 (1679), 8 (1680), Tenna 3 (1683) and Jōyō 1 (1684), whilst Kohan Edo-zu shūsei 古板江戸図集成 records an edition very similar to the present one, dated Genroku 3 (1690). Contents: Large-scale street plan of Edo, hand-coloured in yellow, green, blue and pink. Large inset panels give detailed information on daimyō resident in Edo, with their insignia, and on temples and shrines in the city.

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.