Object Details
Publisher
Toshimaya, Bunjiemon
Collection Citation
MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
A street map depicting Nagasaki, nearby topological features, and foreign ships in the harbor. Also shown is Deshima and the Chinese settlement. The map is oriented to the northwest. Included is a table that shows distances by land and sea to various places in Japan from Nagasaki. The print is signed Onata Bunjiyemon, whose trade name was Toshimaya (also known as BunkindÅ). He was a well-known publisher of Nagasaki prints in the late eighteenth century. The map is dated "An'ei shichi tsuchi-no-e inu hachigatsu" (the eighth month of the seventh year of An-ei period, the year of the dog).
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Local Numbers
NAA INV 10000013
USNM Ethnology Catalog 398548
Publisher
Toshimaya, Bunjiemon
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MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps
Extent
1 Print (color woodblock, 26 x 25.5 mounted on 39.25 x 29)
Date
1788
Container
Map-folder 1, Item 4
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Prints
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
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Record ID
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