Maps of Japan: From the Collection of Sir Hugh and Lady Cortazzi

Access Rights
open access
Alternative Name of Creator
セインズベリー日本藝術研究所
Description (in English)

Maps of Japan from the Collection of Sir Hugh and Lady Cortazzi, now on loan to the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, is a unique and rare collection of old Japanese maps that integrate both European and Japanese perspectives on Japan from the early sixteenth to the nineteenth century. Areas of maps range from the Japanese islands to a map of a local city. It is not known how much of the collection is digitised.

Language
eng
Organization
National Center for Art Research (NCAR) (国立アートリサーチセンター)
National Diet Library (国立国会図書館)
Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation (公益財団法人渋沢栄一記念財団)
Waseda University (早稲田大学)