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.
1745-1808. Född i Rendsburg, död i Berlin.
Dansk-tysk historiker. 1762 blev han officer i artilleriet, 1773 kapten och 1785 major. 1778-79 deltog han i ett fälttåg med den preussiska armén. 1787 tog han avsked från dansk krigstjänst och gick över i preussisk. 1788 blev han direktör vid Ingeniörsakademiet i Potsdam, 1796 överste och 1800 generalmajor. 1777 utgav han 'Memoires d'artillerie' och 1785 'Almindeligt Udkast af Krigens Skueplads eller geographisk, topographisk og historisk Beskrivelse over Danmark, Norge og Sveriig.. som Inledning till Fredrik IV's KrigsHistorie'.
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Memoires d'artillerie.
Almindeligt Udkast af Krigens Skueplads eller geographisk, topographisk og historisk Beskrivelse over Danmark, Norge og Sveriig.. som Inledning till Fredrik IV's KrigsHistorie.
Ehrencron.
Cartographer, lawyer and mathematician.
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Limburg 1603 for Mercator-Hondius, also used by Keere 1616, 1617, 1622.
Använd också av Blaeu.
Tooley
Ingermanlandiae – Homanns Erben 1734
Grand Hotel - Mankell 1873.
