Dai Nihon zukan 大日本圖鑑 [大日本図鑑]

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or.75.f.5
  • Former Reference
    • GB 59 Pr. Or. 134
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1678]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet Condition: Generally good. Whole map recently re-backed with linen. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn blocks. Seals of ownership: Octagonal British Museum stamp, MVSEVM BRITANNICVM, impressed on back of map. Manuscript notes: (1) Name in black ink, Japonia, in Kaempfer's hand on title slip. (2) Note in 'Chetqua's' hand on paper slip pasted to front cover: Map of Japan. (3) Old shelfmark, Pr: Or: 134, on title slip.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Shinsen Dai Nihon zukan 新撰大日本圖鑑 [新撰大日本図鑑]. Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., n.d. [c. Enpō-Jōkyō period, 1678-88]. No kanki. Original kanki deleted from block, including year of publication. Remaining vestige of date reads: 三月吉日. (But see under Edition below.). Description: 1 sheet (folding map), in a slip-case. 712 x 953 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 668 x 945 mm. Single-line borders. Information on map and on lower edge in kanji throughout. No furigana. Original black covers of folded map (178 x 85 mm.), with original printed title slip bearing gedai: Shinsen (tsunogaki) Dai Nihon zukan 新撰 (角書) 大日本圖鑑. No naidai. Edition: According to Akioka (see References below), two almost identical editions of a map titled Shinsen Dai Nihon zukan were published with kanki dated Enpō 6 (1678) : 延寶六戊午三月吉日. The present map appears to be an undated reprint of one of these. Contents: A general map of Japan, including Shikoku and Kyūshū, giving factual information on each province with details of revenue of the major fiefs. A printed panel along lower edge gives summary facts about the number of kōri (郡), mura (村), Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples, and the main groups of provinces.

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.