Title
Dai Nippon Teikoku shinzu, The Map and chart of Japan.
大日本帝國新[図], The Map and chart of Japan
Variant Title
Map and chart of Japan
大日本帝国新図
Map of Japan
Published
[Ōsaka], Yoshioka Heisuke, Meiji 20 [1887]
[大阪], 吉岡平助, 明治 20 [1887]
Full Collection Name
Japanese Historical Maps
Scale
Scale not given.
Type
Map
Extent
1 map
Other Physical Details
color
Dimensions
43 x 69 cm, folded in cover 17 x 11 cm
Archive
East Asian Library
Note
Copperplate print.
The last character in title [図] not available in MS-IME; consists of 囗(outside) and 囗 (inside above), 亠 (inside middle),而 (inside below).
In Japanese and English.
Oriented with north to the upper right.
Relief shown by hachures.
5 insets: Hokkaidō no zu = Yezo, Chōsenkoku no zu = Chiosen, Ryūkyū Shotō no zu = Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Shotō zu = Ogasawara [and 1 more].
5 insets: 北海道之圖 = Yezo, 朝鮮國之國 = Chiosen, 琉球諸島之圖 = Ryukyu Islands, 小笠原諸島國 = Ogasawara [and 1 more].
Includes list of prefecture names and lists of light houses, mountains and lakes.
Includes distance chart and legend.
Shows flags.
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