Map Sekai daisō no zu. Mythological World

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Sekai daisō no zu.

Other Title

  • 世界大相圖

Names

  • Zontō, -1832?

Created / Published

  • [Japan : s.n., 1830]

Contents

  • [1] Enbundai zu, tsuketari Nichigū zu. Bunka 5 [1808] (Enbudai is Buddhists' mythological transient world. Nichigū zu shows the real world) -- [2]. Sekai daisōzu. Bunsei 4 [1821] (Buddhist philosophical map) -- [3]. Tenjiku yochizu. Bunsei 11 [1828] (Shows India with Buddhist old names and description).

Headings

  • -  World maps
  • -  Buddhist geography--Maps
  • -  Buddhism--India--Maps
  • -  Earth

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Wood block print.
  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Single set of characters readable as either Japanese or Chinese.
  • -  Box title.
  • -  LC copy annotated with brush and ink on verso of maps: Dai 24-gō. On verso of map [1]: Shumi Nan'enbudai. On verso of box cover: Bunsei 13 [1830].
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  [1] 閻浮提図附日宮図. 文化 5 [1808] (Enbudai is Buddhists' mythological transient world. Nichigū zu shows the real world) -- [2]. 世界大相圖. 文政 4 [1821] (Buddhist philosophical map) -- [3]. 天竺輿地圖. 文政 11 [1828] (Shows India with Buddhist old names and description).

Medium

  • 3 maps : 1 hand col., mounted on scrolls, ; 83 x 56 cm. or smaller, sheets 195 x 64 cm., in wooden box 72 x 18 x 8 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3200 s000 .Z6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 88694871

Online Format

  • image

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