A JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINT MAP OF NAGASAKI HARBOUR, SHINKAN NAGASAKI NO DZU 1801

Unknown artist

PrintJapanese Woodblock print
34 ⨯ 55 cm
Price on request

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• About the artwork
  Published by Baikodo and dated 1st year of Kyowa (1801)
  
  ​Black and blue ink on paper, 34 cm x 55 cm
  
  Note:
  To the right Japanese texts are added. The top line is the title, reading; “distances to main places from Nagasaki”.
  Upper part from right to left: Kyoto 210ri, Edo 332ri, Osaka 197ri, Shimonosek 59ri,Bungo Hita 46ri, Higo-Kumamoto 39ri, Satsuma-Kagoshima 65ri, Hiuga-Satohara 71ri. Lower part: Hizen-Saga 29ri, Chikuzen-Fukuoka 50ri, Hirado 32ri, Karatsu 32ri, Kurume 36ri, Yanagawa 32ri, Shimabara 16ri and Omura 10ri. 1ri = 4km.
  
  Underneath in the blue field is written: “New map of Nagasaki”.
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