Original Article
Maps Published Overseas on the Basis of Inô-zu
2018 Volume 56 Issue 1 Pages 40-50
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2018 Volume 56 Issue 1 Pages 40-50
Ino Tadataka's Map of Japan（Inô-zu）was already completed by 1821. It was, however, never printed or published and thus was never disseminated within Japan. In 1840, Siebold published “Karte vom Japanischen Reiche” after obtaining maps compiled from Inô-zu. At the end of the Tokugawa period, Admiralty Chart 2347 based on Ino's small-scaled maps（Inô-shozu）was published. These maps published overseas were the precursors of accurately drawn maps of Japan.
Meanwhile, to coincide with the Paris Expo, the Tokugawa shogunate officially published a map of Japan named “Kanpan Jissoku Nihon-chizu” （1865）based on Inô-zu to demonstrate the territory it ruled. After 1871, maps of Japan based on Inô-zu originated surveyed forms were disseminated at the initiative of the government including the Ministry of Education.
This has led the author to assume that there could have been maps of Japan created in the U.S. and European countries on the basis of “Kanpan Jissoku Nihon-chizu” and searched through publications in these countries.
The author has found that “Carte routiere de la Province d'Osyou （Moutsou）”, a map included in “Traite d l'éducation des vers à soie au Japon ”（Japanese edition of “Yosan-Shinsetsu” translated into French）, is based on “Kanpan Jissoku Nihonchizu” in addition to Siebold's “Karte vom Japanischen Reiche” and Admiralty Chart. The author has attempted to explain the background and reasoning.
Rosny's map, however, was limited in its scope （Ôshu） and quantity of publication. This is probably why its achievements were never widely known.
In contrast, Siebold's “Karte vom Japanischen Reiche” became widely known because it was attached to “Narrative of The Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Sea and Japan”, and was adopted for maps from publishers in the U.S., Britain, Germany and France, among others, and became the majority.
After 1870, their maps also took “Admiralty Chart 2347” into account and can be considered to have taken roughly the same forms that exist today.
