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Nanzembush Bankoku Shka no Zu "Buddhist Map of the World," by Rkashi (Htan) 1710 woodcut 113.5x144cm
Nan-embudai Shokoku Shran no Zu "Buddhist Map of the World," by KAB Hyz 1744 woodcut 43.5x60cm
Bankoku Shranzu (Bankoku Shka no Zu) "Buddhist Map of the World" mid-19th century woodcut colour-print 47x65cm
Sekai Dais Zu "Buddhist Cosmography," by Zont 1821 woodcut 129.5x56cm
Embudai Zu tsuketari Knee* Zu "Buddhist Map of the World, with an Illustration of the Sun," by Zont ca. 1829 woodcut 129.3x55.2cm
Tenjiku Yochizu "Map of India," by Zont 1828 woodcut 129x56cm
Nan-embush Saiken Zusetsu "Buddhist Map of the World," by Egon 1845 woodcut colour-print 71.5x39.5cm
Shakuson Bupp Goshugy no Ezu "Panoramic Map of Buddhistic India," by HASHIMOTO Sadahide 1860 woodcut colour-print 35x4.5cm
Bankoku Zu "Map of the World," published by HONYA Hikoemon 1744 woodcut Geographical Institute, Kyoto University 50x68cm
Sekai Sangoku Ki "Map of the Three Countries (Japan, China and India)," published by Kassaid early 19th century woodcut, M. Namba's collection, Nishinomiya 30x39.5cm
Chi Ichiran "Map of China and Outlying Countries," by Seitaien 1835 woodcut colour-print 65.5x58.5cm
Chsenkoku Zenzu "Map of Korea," by HAYASHI Shihei 1785 woodcut 50x72cm
Sekai Zu "Map of the World" late 16th century MS. six-fold screen H. Yamamoto's collection, Sakai, 135.5x269.5cm
Sekai Zu "Map of the World" [detail] late 16th century MS. six-fold screen H. Yamamoto's collection, Sakai
Sekai Zu "Map of the World," ca. 1652 MS. six-fold screen, paired with a map of Japan D. Shimonog's collection, Nagahama 105x262cm
"Map of the World and Plans of Twenty-eight Cities" early 17th century MS. a pair of eight-fold screens Imperial Household Agency 178x465cm
"Map of the World and Plans of Twenty-eight Cities" early 17th century MS. a pair of eight-fold screens Imperial Household Agency 178x465cm
"Terrestrial globe," by SHIBUKAWA Shunkai 1690 MS. paired with a celestial globe (below) Jing Chkokan museum, Ise
Kon-yo Bankoku Zenzu A copy from Matteo Ricci's world map, 1602 early 17th century MS. 6 hanging scrolls Miyagi Prefectural Library, Sendai, 164x374cm
Bankoku Szu "Map of the World," published by EYA Shbe* early 17th century woodcut Saidaiji temple, Nara, 128x56.3cm
Bankoku Szu "Map of the World," accompanied by a sheet showing the peoples of the world 1645, woodcut Kbe City Museum of "Namban" Art 134x57.6cm
Detail images of Bankoku Szu
Bankoku Szu, Sekai Ninkei Zu "Map of the World" and "Pictures of the Various Peoples" 1652 woodcut, a pair of hanging scrolls Kbe City Museum of "Namban" Art, 65x41.5cm
Bankoku Szu, Sekai Ninkei Zu "Map of the World" and "Pictures of the Various Peoples" 1652 woodcut, a pair of hanging scrolls Kbe City Museum of "Namban" Art, 65x41.5cm
Bankoku Skai Zu "Map of the world," by ISHIKAWA Toshiyuki (Rysen) 1688 woodcut Kbe City Museum of "Namban" Art 127x57.5
"World Map with Pictures of Forty-eight Foreign Peoples" late 18th century MS. a pair of six-fold screens Kbe City Museum of "Namban" Art 164x364cm
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Chiky Zu "Map of the World," by SHIBA Kkan 1792 copperplate 55x86cm
Sekai Roku Daish "Map of the World" mid-19th century woodcut colour-print 35.5x50.5cm
Bankoku Jinbutsu Zue "Panoramic Map of the World" mid-19th century woodcut colour-print 33x48.5cm
Bankoku Tokai Sugoroku "Sugoroku or Japanese Picture-Backgammon of a Voyage Round the World," by Fukysai 1868 woodcut colour-print 56x90.5cm