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Map Ezo kōkyō yochi zenzu 蝦夷闔境輿地全圖 /

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Title

  • Ezo kōkyō yochi zenzu

Other Title

  • 蝦夷闔境輿地全圖 /

Summary

  • "This map was made by Fujita Junsai and published by Harimaya Katsugorō in 1854, around the time period when the Tokugawa shogunate started sending expeditions to the area of Ezo, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. Russia was also showing interest in this area at this time. Place names are identified and indicated in the Japanese katakana characters (the angular Japanese phonetic syllabary). Various land and sea routes in the Ezo area (now Hokkaido) are shown in detail." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Fujita, Junsai, active 19th century, cartographer
  • Utagawa, Sadahide, 1807-1873

Created / Published

  • Edo : Harimaya Katsugorō, Kaei 7 [1854]

Headings

  • -  Hokkaido (Japan)--Maps
  • -  Kuril Islands (Russia)--Maps
  • -  Sakhalin (Sakhalinskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia)--Maps
  • -  Japan--Hokkaido
  • -  Japan--Sakhalin
  • -  Russia--Kuril Islands

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Includes text.
  • -  Japanese.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Wood-block print.
  • -  AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 651/3
  • -  Vault

Medium

  • 1 map : color, 115 x 92 cm. fold. in cover in case 26 x 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G7962.H5 1854 .F8

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm71005089

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fujita, Junsai, Active 19Th Century, Cartographer, and Sadahide Utagawa. Ezo Kōkyō Yochi Zenzu. [Edo: Harimaya Katsugorō, Kaei 7, 1854] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gm71005089/.

APA citation style:

Fujita, J. & Utagawa, S. (1854) Ezo Kōkyō Yochi Zenzu. [Edo: Harimaya Katsugorō, Kaei 7] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gm71005089/.

MLA citation style:

Fujita, Junsai, Active 19Th Century, Cartographer, and Sadahide Utagawa. Ezo Kōkyō Yochi Zenzu. [Edo: Harimaya Katsugorō, Kaei 7, 1854] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gm71005089/>.