Nansenbushū bankoku shōka no zu / - Public domain map
Summary
Shows the world, based on knowledge from numerous famous Chinese and Japanese classics and Buddhism.
Depths shown pictorially.
Wood block print.
Map and author, Hōtan, listed in Imago Mundi's Review of early cartography, v. 10, 1954. "... prototype of Buddhist world maps."
Bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Acquisitions control no. 94-37
Tags
Date
01/01/1710
Contributors
Sōshun, 1659?-1738.
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain