NAGABUKO Sekisui New Entire Map of the Globe

Sale 2297 - Lot 87

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NAGABUKO Sekisui. New Entire Map of the Globe (Kaisei chikyô mankoku zenzu) - (Sankai yochi zenzu - title on map). Large and impressive multi-sheet color block printed folding world map based on Ricci, 940x1815 mm; few very minor scattered areas of worming; folds into the original board case with paper title label, some wear to case. Kyoto and Osaka: Asano Yahei, circa 1785

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Erroneously considered to be one of the first world maps printed in Japan, though it is probably the first widely circulated printed map. It is based in part on Matteo Ricci's Sino-centric map from the previous century. The mapping is surprisingly detailed and accurate.