Subject: Japan -- Maps - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: Or.75.f.16
Title:: Kyō ōezu 京大繪圖 [京大絵図]
Scope & Content:: Variant title: Shinsen zōho Kyō ōezu 新撰増補京大繪圖 [新撰増補京大絵図] Author/compiler: Unknown Imprint: [Kyōto] , Hayashi Yoshinaga, Jōkyō 3, 1686. Kanki at bottom left corner of map reads: 貞享三丙寅年正月吉日御繪圖所林氏吉永. Description: 1 folding map made up of 25 sheets pasted together, 5 vertical x 5 horizontal, in ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1686
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or.75.f.18
Title:: Edo o-ōezu 江戸御大繪圖 [江戸御大絵図]
Scope & 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 tog...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1689
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or.75.f.20
Title:: Zōho Edo-zu 増補江戸圖 [増補江戸図]
Scope & Content:: Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., Enpō 9, 1681. Kanki at end of kango at bottom left-hand corner reads: 延宝九年酉五月吉日. Description: 1 folding map made up of 2 sheets pasted together and printed from 4 blocks. In a box. 496 x 703 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 400 x 697 mm. Single-line bor...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1681
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or.75.g.25
Title:: [Nagasaki ezu] [長崎絵図]
Scope & Content:: Author/compiler: Unknown. Imprint: N. p., n.d. [1680-1688] . Description: Folding map, made up of 4 sheets pasted together. 365 x 1485 mm. Blockprint. Printing frame 337 x 146 mm. Single-line borders. Text-matter in kanji, with some katakana. Covers of original folded map missing, hence no ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1680-1688]
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 7443
Title:: Zoku senkō no zu 續船行之圖 [続船行之v図]
Scope & Content:: Sea routes of Japan. Volumes 1 and 2: Chūnishikoku zoku senkō no zu 中西国続船行之図.Volumes 3 and 4: Tōnankai zoku senkō no zu 東南海続船行之図.Volumes 5 and 6: Hokkaidō zoku senkō no zu 北海道続船行之図.Volume 7: Nitō zoku senkō no zu 二嶋続船行之図.Volume 8: Shikoku senkō no zu 四国続船行之図.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1850-1860
Extent:: 8 volumes (265 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 7444
Title:: Kokon enkaku chizu 古今沿革地圖 [古今沿革地図]
Scope & Content:: Title from preface, Title on title slip: Kōchō kokon enkaku chizu 皇朝古今沿革地圖. An atlas of 11 historical maps ofJapan showing changes through military actionand political changes. The maps show the situation in 1184, 1337, 1392, 1467,1509, 1556, 1568, 1577, 1582, 1586 and 1615 and each is accompa...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1815-1861
Extent:: 1 volume (22 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 7767
Title:: Nagoya ezu 名古屋絵図
Scope & Content:: Map of Nagoya castle and surrounding area. Date: c. 1650-1750. Description: Plan of Hōsa Castle, Nagoya.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: [1800-1868]
Extent:: 1 sheet

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 15653
Title:: Kyūshū kakuchi ezu 九州各地絵図
Scope & Content:: Anonymous hand scroll containing topographical descriptions and illustrations of locations on the island of Kyūshū.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1830-1850
Extent:: 1 scroll

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 16988
Title:: Gokaikō Yokohama gaikokujin jūtaku no zu 御開港横濱外国人住宅ノ圖
Scope & Content:: Topographical view of the foreign settlement in Yokohama following the opening of the treaty ports in 1859, showing individual plots occupied by named British, American Dutch and Portuguese businesses and households. Undated but between 1861 when the cathedral was built and 1866 when the origi...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Japanese
Date Range:: 1861-1866
Extent:: 1 sheet

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