Printed plan of Kinkwazan Island.

Collection type: Object
Description: Printed plan of Kinkwazan Island.
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person: Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain; PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: 1908?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1908 Found unentered: 18/06/2003
Materials and processes: Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Printed
Dimensions: Length: max 175 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.82.740
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2012 as: (Top) “Rikuzen no kuni Oga gun Kinkazan meisai ezu”, Detailed map of Kinkazan, Oga-gun, Rikuzen province. (Lefthand corner) “Meiji nijuni nen shi gatsu insatsu”, Printed in April, Meiji 22 (1899). [El.B 04/05/2012]
Associated publications: Referenced as footnote 26 on page 81 of 'Chamberlain and his collection: Ofuda and maps from Meiji Japan' by Fusa McLynn in the volume 'Ofuda - On Japanese Charms' proceedings on an international conference on Ofuda held in Paris on the 1st and 2nd March 2012 where Fusa McLynn presented her paper. [FB 14/11/2014]