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Map Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu 南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖 / / Bankoku shōka no zu

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Title

  • Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu

Other Title

  • 南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖 /
  • Bankoku shōka no zu

Names

  • Sōshun, 1659?-1738.

Created / Published

  • [Kyoto] : Bundaiken Uhei, Hōei 7 [1710]

Headings

  • -  India--Maps
  • -  China--Maps

Genre

  • World maps
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Shows the world, based on knowledge from numerous famous Chinese and Japanese classics and Buddhism.
  • -  Depths shown pictorially.
  • -  Wood block print.
  • -  Map and author, Hōtan, listed in Imago Mundi's Review of early cartography, v. 10, 1954. "... prototype of Buddhist world maps."
  • -  Bibliography.
  • -  Acquisitions control no. 94-37

Medium

  • 1 map ; 115 x 143 cm., folded in cover 24 x 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 1710 .H61

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96685908

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Sōshun, 1659?-1738. Nansenbushū Bankoku Shōka No Zu. [Kyoto: Bundaiken Uhei, Hōei 7, 1710] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/96685908/.

APA citation style:

Sōshun, 1. (1710) Nansenbushū Bankoku Shōka No Zu. [Kyoto: Bundaiken Uhei, Hōei 7] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96685908/.

MLA citation style:

Sōshun, 1659?-1738. Nansenbushū Bankoku Shōka No Zu. [Kyoto: Bundaiken Uhei, Hōei 7, 1710] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96685908/>.