Object Details
- Local Numbers
- NAA INV 10000010 USNM Ethnology Catalog 398575
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- MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps
- Extent
- 1 Drawings (visual works) (ink, 54 x 34.75 inches mounted on 55.25 x 36 inches)
- Date
- 1786
- Container
- Map-folder 1, Item 3
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Type
- Archival materials
- Graphic Materials
- Drawings (visual works)
- Collection Citation
- MS 7144 Lispenard Seabury Crocker collection of Japanese maps, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- The map depicts a bird's-eye view of Shimoda-machi and nearby villages. Included are topographical features, the 1786 census report (number of households and populations by sex), location of the chief administrator's office, and locations of the coastal defense guard posts. The map is oriented with North to the right. Mounted on the backing along with the map are a photographic view and a photomechanical print of "Tojin Okichi in Her Palanquin," by Tsuyao Segawa of Shimoda. Tojin Okichi ("foreigner's mistress") was the mistress of Townsend Harris. The map is dated as "Meiwa san inu no toshi" (the third year of Meiwa, the year of the dog).
- Collection Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Record ID
- ebl-1673988000773-1673988001358-0
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