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MapNansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu
南瞻部洲萬國掌菓之圖 / | Bankoku shōka no zu 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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 94-37- Contributor: Sōshun
- Date: 1710-01-01
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MapSankai yochi zenzu.
山海輿地全圖 Scale ca. 1:27,000,000 at the equator. Wood block print, hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600. Based on Matteo Ricci's World map which was published in China in 1602. Includes text. At head of text: Chikyū bankoku sankai yochi zenzu setsu. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2- Contributor: Ricci, Matteo - Nagakubo, Sekisui
- Date: 1785-01-01
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MapChikyū zenzu
地球全圖 / | Chikyūzu Relief shown pictorially. Hand drawn copy of first map on copperplate in Japan. The paper has been authenticated by the Metropolitan Museum as 18th century Japanese paper. Originally published Tōto Shibamon, [Japan] : K. Shiba, 1792. Includes 8 ancillary maps, note, and col. ill. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 31-82 Vault "寬政壬子春二月日本銅板創製東都芝門司馬江漢峻寫并刻."- Contributor: Shiba, Kōkan
- Date: 1792-01-01
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MapSekai daisō no zu.
世界大相圖 Wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Single set of characters readable as either Japanese or Chinese. Box title. LC copy annotated with brush and ink on verso of maps: Dai 24-gō. On verso of map [1]: Shumi Nan'enbudai. On verso of box cover: Bunsei 13 [1830]. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. [1] 閻浮提図附日宮図. 文化 5 [1808]...- Contributor: Zontō
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MapSekai bankoku Nihon yori kaijō risū kunijirushi ōjō jinbutsuzu.
世界萬國日本ヨリ海上里數国印王城人物圖 | Sekaizu ichiran Shows countries of the world, their people, and distances from Japan. Also shows the continents (Asia, Europe, Libya [i.e. Africa], North and South America), the oceans, some capitals, the equator, and the tropics. Pictorial map. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Cover and cover title added of a later date. Wood block print. Includes explanatory notes. LC copy: Hand-drawn and colored anatomical drawings on verso of...- Date: 1800-01-01
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MapKankai kōro shinzu
環海航路新圖 / Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Kotenseki sōgō mokuroku, 2013-09-11 (環海航路新図 (かんかいこうろしんず), 地図 1枚; 著者: 広瀬包章; 出版事項: 須原屋茂兵衛 <江> 他 3, 文久 2). LC copy has "廣瀬氏藏板" stamped. DLC- Contributor: Hirose, Aishin - Hirose, Hoan - Hirose, Ikkō - Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1862-01-01