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.
1744-1805.
Johan Fredric Bagge var en svensk författare och sekreterare i fortifikationsförvaltningen.
Bagge disputerade för magistergraden 1764 på en avhandling om Örebro slott. Han arbetade arton år med sin topografiska bok Beskrifning om upstaden Örebro som trycktes av Kongl. Tryckeriet i Stockholm och utgavs 1785. Han har fått en gata uppkallad efter sig i Örebro, Baggesgatan. J. F. Bagge var 'kamrerare' i Musikaliska Akademien 1789-1792.
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'Beskrifning om upstaden Örebro'
Örebro åt östra sidan
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Örebro-slott åt östra sidan
Plan - Ritningar af Örebro slott
Örebro kyrka och Rådhus
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Vägvisare för XI Olympiaden i Berlin - 1936
Heraldischer Atlas, Tavla 15 - H. G. Ströhl 1899.
