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Or.75.f.18
- Record Id:
- 032-003808415
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003808415
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119714984.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147213252.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or.75.f.18
- Title:
- Edo o-ōezu 江戸御大繪圖 [江戸御大絵図]
- Scope & Content:
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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.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003808415
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003808415
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 sheet
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100147213252.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1689
- End Date:
- 1689
- Date Range:
- 1689
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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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.
- Custodial History:
- Acquired in Japan by Engelbert Kaempfer 1690-1692.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the estate of Engelbert Kaempfer by Sir Hans Sloane 1723-1725 and incorporated in the British Museum in 1753.
- 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
- Publications:
- Tōhoku daigaku fuzoku toshokan betchibon mokuroku 東北大学附属図書館別置本目録, p. 53.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)