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MATERIAL: Hand-Written/Painted
TYPE: Personal Notebook
DIMENSIONS: 7 X 9 1/2 inches
COMPONENTS: 7 Volumes; 1,004 pages with many maps and woodblocks.
NOTES: This may be the earliest Japanese woodblock print known on this subject.  There are many of these, as well as landscapes.
LANGUAGE
Japanese
ITEM ID: 655
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Japanese Seven Volume World Travel Set

DATE
Year: 1871
Decade: 1870s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Notes: Meiji 4

A huge, complete set about travels around the world. This was of course influenced
by the Iwakur Mission that was sent to Europe at that time. There is a double hemispheric world map, a map of Japan w/ rare foldout addition of Sakhalin Island and the disputed Northern Territories. The travelog covers Europe, Russia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, etc
with many rare maps and woodblocks. It includes street views and scenes in Europe. Bullfighting, for example.