================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ > >>The Starr East Asian Library, The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, >>and the NCC Present >> >> >>Hisayuki Ishimatsu >>Head of Japanese Collections, UC Berkeley >> >>A digital tour of the >>UC Berkeley Japanese Historical Maps >> >> >>Wednesday, November 2, 2005 >> >>203 BUTLER LIBRARY >> >> >>This online collection includes about 100 maps and books, drawn from the >>collection of 2,298 maps assembled by Mitsui Takakata (pen name: Soken) >>(1882-1950), the 9th head of the Shinmachi branch of the family. The most >>unusual part of the collection is the 697 woodblock-print maps dating from >>the Tokugawa period (1600-1867). >> >>The maps were selected by Yuki Ishimatsu and scanned and put online by >>David Rumsey and Cartography Associates. The Japanese Historical Maps >>Website is ideal for teaching and research about Japan and can be found at >>http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EAL/japanese_maps.html. >> >>This program is made possible by support from the C. V. Starr East Asian >>Library and the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, and a grant from >>the Japan Foundation to the North American Coordinating Council on >>Japanese Library Resources to support instruction on electronic resources >>for research and teaching in Japanese and East Asian studies. For further >>information about the NCC and its programs please visit its website at >>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~ncc >> >> >>******************************************* >>Dr. Amy V. Heinrich >>Director, C. V. Starr East Asian Library >>Columbia University >>Vice Chair, Japan-US Friendship Commission >>Phone: 212.854.1508 >>Fax: 212.662.6286 > > > > ______