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Map Detailed Map of the Country of Chōsen.

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Title

  • Detailed Map of the Country of Chōsen.

Summary

  • This Japanese map of Korea, published in Tokyo in 1873, is one of the earliest complete maps of the peninsula produced in Japan during the Meiji period (1868-1912). It draws on earlier maps and was edited by Nobufusa Somezaki (1818-86), also known as Shunsui Tamenaga, Junior, a gesakusha (writer of entertaining fiction) and journalist. The map appears to have been included in Tamenaga's two-volume Chōsen jijō (Korean affairs) published in 1874, for which Neisai Ishizuka is credited as a co-author. Chōsen and Chosŏn are, respectively, the Japanese and Korean names for Korea. The book includes more detail than appears on the map, for example concerning numbers of houses and population, as well as information about Korean history, the system of government, laws, the types of weapons produced in Korea, and the daily lives of the people. It cites references for this information. On the map, the small scripts next to the sentences of text indicate how Chinese characters can be easily read. Scale on the map is marked in ri, a unit of measurement that has varied historically and was used in China, Japan, and Korea. The red diamond shape marks Keijō, the Japanese name for present-day Seoul, and the red circle denotes P'yongyang. The large river at the north of the peninsula is the Yalu (also called the Amnok).

Names

  • Ishizuka, Neisai Associated Name.
  • Tamenaga, Shunsui, 1818-1886 Editor.

Created / Published

  • Tokyo : Tokyo Publishing Company, 1873.

Headings

  • -  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • -  Republic of Korea
  • -  1873
  • -  Administrative and political divisions

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 104 x 71 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Charles Dallet, Histoire de l'Église de Corée, précédée d'une introduction sur l'histoire, les institutions, la langue, les moeurs et coutumes coréennes (Paris: V. Palmé, 1874).|Charles Dallet, Johannes Lydius Catharinus Pompe van Meerdervoort, and Enomoto Takeaki, Chōsen jijō [Korean affairs] (Tokyo: Ukichi Yuzo, 1876).
  • -  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
  • -  Content in Japanese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668283

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Ishizuka, Neisai Associated Name, and Shunsui Tamenaga. Detailed Map of the Country of Chōsen. Tokyo: Tokyo Publishing Company, 1873. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668283/.

APA citation style:

Ishizuka, N. A. N. & Tamenaga, S. (1873) Detailed Map of the Country of Chōsen. Tokyo: Tokyo Publishing Company. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668283/.

MLA citation style:

Ishizuka, Neisai Associated Name, and Shunsui Tamenaga. Detailed Map of the Country of Chōsen. Tokyo: Tokyo Publishing Company, 1873. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668283/>.