Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu / Hotan, 1654-1738 / 1710

Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu / Hotan, 1654-1738 / 1710

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Full Title: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu / Rokashi. Hoei 7 [1710]

Author: Hotan, 1654-1738

Date: 1710

This map is based on a Buddhist conceptual view of the world with India at the center, yet it includes contempory European geographical knowledge - Europe is shown as a group of islands in the upper left corner and South America is is an island in the ocean south of Japan on the right side. The map has many placenames in Asia not found on European maps of the period. In the center of the map in the Himalayan mountains is a quadruple helix symbolizing the origins of the four great rivers of the region (the Indus, the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Sutlej rivers) emanating from the heads of a horse, a lion, an elephant, and an ox. This is the site of the present day Lake Manasarovar, the highest fresh water lake in the world.

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Full Japanese Historical Map Collection Catalog Record:

Author: Hotan, 1654-1738

Date: 1710

Short Title: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu

Publisher: Keicho [Kyoto] : Bundaiken Uje

Type: Case Map

Obj Height cm: 115

Obj Width cm: 145

Scale 1: None shown

Note: Wood block print. In Japanese. Shows the world based on Buddhist literature from India and China. Bibliography. Title in Nihon kohan chizu shusei: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu. Folded to 36 x 20 cm. East Asian Library call number: A1.

World Area: World/Asia

Full Title: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu / Rokashi. Hoei 7 [1710]

List No: Ea6

Series No: 2

Published In: Nanzenbushu bankoku shoka no zu / Rokashi. Hoei 7 [1710]

Publication Author: Hotan, 1654-1738

Publication Date: 1710

Publication List No: A1

Publication Type: Case Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 36

Publication Width cm: 20

Image No: A1

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