Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710)

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Short title	Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu.
Type of resource	cartographic
Extent	1 map ; 115 x 143 cm
Place	Keicho (Kyoto
Publisher	Bundaiken Uje
Publication date	1710
Digital origin	reformatted digital
World area	Scale not given ; E 042°00′00″--E 141°00′00″/N 048°00′00″--N 002°00′00″

Author	Hotan, 1654-1738
Contributor	Bundaiken, Uje

Note	Wood block print. Hand colored. In Japanese. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contemporary European geographical knowledge -- Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many place names in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan Mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world. "A land bridge connects China to an unnamed continent in the upper right corner ..."--Cortazzi. Relief shown pictorially. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded in cover 24x19. Has annotations in red ink.
Citation/Reference	Cortazzi, H. Isles of gold, map 48; Yamashita, Kazumasa. Japanese maps of the Edo period, p. 32-33; Univ. of British Columbia Beans Collection 1710.1.
Appears in	Title Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Rokashi. Hoei 7 (1710)
List number	5763.001
Image number	5763001
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dp874jj6432

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