Accession number
PML 152631
Creator
Shiba, Kōkan, 1738?-1818.
Published
Tōto [i.e. Tokyo] : Shunharō, Kansei heishin [1796]
Credit line
Bequest; Julia P. Wightman; 1994.
Notes
Title from title piece mounted on cover.
"Shunharō [i.e. Shiba Kōkan]-zōhan"
Block print on double leaves, oriental style.
Kokan (or Shun) Shiba was a Western-style painter and thinker of the late Edo period, published the first Japanese copperplate printed map of the world, Do Oban chikyu O zensu in 1792. The Oranda tensetsu is Shiba's commentary to his Tenkyu O zenzu, published in 1795. Based on the Copernican theory, the work discusses the motions of the sun and the planets, solar and lunar eclipses, sunspots, etc.
"Shunharō [i.e. Shiba Kōkan]-zōhan"
Block print on double leaves, oriental style.
Kokan (or Shun) Shiba was a Western-style painter and thinker of the late Edo period, published the first Japanese copperplate printed map of the world, Do Oban chikyu O zensu in 1792. The Oranda tensetsu is Shiba's commentary to his Tenkyu O zenzu, published in 1795. Based on the Copernican theory, the work discusses the motions of the sun and the planets, solar and lunar eclipses, sunspots, etc.
Description
1 v. (38 leaves in various pagings) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Original blue paper wrappers with label; in Japanese cloth folding case.
Classification
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