Antique Fine Art & Weaponry, Jan. 6th, 2024
Lot 86:
This world map shows Japan as the center of the earth, definitely a product of the isolationism that was the cornerstone of Japanese foreign policy under the Tokugawa shogunate from 1641 to 1853. Text is in Japanese.Reduced version of the famous map "Kaisei chikyu bankoku zenzu" by Sekisui Nagakubo (1717-1801) published ca. 1785, still based on the one by Matteo Ricci. Includes texts on the earth and climate zones, etc. According to Yamashita (page 19), these oval world maps, also known as "southern barbarian world maps", seemed at the time being rather outdated, but their representation was very popularNagakubo Sekisui (1717-1801) was an Edo period geographer and Confucian scholar, described by Yanagita Kunio as the founder of Japanese geography. Sekisui is credited with the creation of numerous maps and travel writings, and innovations such as the first Japanese map to employ lines of latitude and longitude. Size: 16 1/2" x 21 1/4" with frame; 10 1/2" x 16" without frame.~ . Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected]
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