The first Buddhist world map printed in Japan and the prototype for all subsequent Buddhist world maps printed in Japan until the late nineteenth century. The author, Hotan (1654-1728) was a scholar-priest and founder of the Kegonji Temple in Kyoto. The earliest known example in Japan is the Gotenjiku Zu (Map of the Five Indies) by the priest Jukai dating from 1364 and now preserved in Horyuji Temple in Nara. However Hotan’s map was revolutionary in being the first printed Oriental map to introduce detailed Western cartographic information into this traditional Buddhist cosmological view and attempt to merge the two together into a comprehensible form. Europe is depicted as a series of islands in the upper left of the image whilst South America is likewise another island in the lower right of the image. Africa is omitted completely. China and Japan are clearly defined in the upper right of the map. The popularity of the map is evidenced by the fact that although the map is dated 1710, it was reissued unchange...
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Nantanbushu Bankoku Shoka No Zu [Map of the Universe as a result] [Kyoto: Uhei Bundaiken, Hoei 7 (1710)]
Sotheby's. Murogo & Unno, “The Buddhist World Map in Japan” in /M Xvi (1962); H. Cortazzi, “Island of gold, p.38 pl.48; Harley & Woodward, “The History of Cartography, 2.2, pp. 428ff and Fig. 11.59; Nanba, “Old Maps of Japan, p. 179 pl.8; K. Yamashita, “Japanese Maps of the Edo Period, pp. 32-33 ill.1.
Ca. 1727-96. Avled i Porsgrunn, stad i Telemark fylke.
Norsk skeppare och navigationslärare. Fick borgerskap 1755 i Porsgrunn som köpman och skeppare. 1781 utnämnd till navigationsinformator i Porsgrunn och 1790 anställdes han som navigationseximinator i Langesunds tulldistrikt. Förutom ett sjökort över Nordsjön gav han 1787 ut 'Et nyt, og i Mange maader Forbedret Plat Soe Carte over den syndre Deel af Nord-Soen', och möjligen även en karta över Kattegatt 1869. 1790 arbetade han med en Skagerack-karta.
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Et nyt, og i Mange maader Forbedret Plat Soe Carte over den syndre Deel af Nord-Soen.
Ca. 1828.
Engelsk kartgravör. Inga upplysningar hittade.
Gulddistriktet Klondike - ca 1897.
'Östersjön. Arkö - Stora Ålö.' - Stockholm 1936.
