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Dai Nihon Kaigan jissokuzu

A collection of copperplate marine charts made in the early Meiji period. The Meiji government instituted the Hydrographic Section of the Navy Division of the Department of Military Affairs in the Tsukiji district of Tokyo in the 4th year of Meiji( 1871). In 1872, the survey ship Kasuga carried out the first modern marine survey by Japanese themselves, in the port of Kamaishi in Rikuchu Province (present-day Miyagi Prefecture). Yanagi Narayoshi (1832 - 1891), Captain of the Kasuga, hailed from the Tu clan, and was appointed to serve as the first director of the Hydrographic Department, which was established in a reorganization of the administrative setup in the 19th year of Meiji(1886). In one corner of the charts are noted items including position (latitude and longitude), tidal range, and the names of the survey team members. The collection contains charts that were made in the years up to and including 1878, and were published by 1879. Owing to differences of size, a single page contains more than one chart in some cases. In the original collection, a single page measures 53 cm by 69 cm, and a two-page spread, 106 cm by 69 cm. The thirtieth entry in the table of contents (Oshima Kamise Supplementary Chart) is contained on the same page as the ninth entry (Sazara Harbor, Ise Province). In some cases, the actual order in the binding is different from that in the table of contents.


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Map of All Japan

No. 95. Published in 1878.

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Kamaishi bay

No. 1. The survey was conducted from the Kasuga in...

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Notsuke anchorage

No. 2. The survey was conducted in 1871, and the c...

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Miyako bay

No. 3. The survey was conducted in 1871, and the c...

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Sutts harbour

No. 4. The survey was conducted in 1871, and the c...

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Otaru bay

No. 5 The survey was conducted from the Kasuga in ...

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Shimoda harbour

No. 7. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the c...

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Goyomai channel

No. 8. The survey was conducted in 1871, and the c...

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Sazara harbour Province of Ise / Oshima Kamise hosokuzu

No. 11 (Sazara Harbour, Ise Province) was publishe...

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Yamagawa harbour in the province of Satsuma

No. 12. The survey was conducted in 1872, and the ...

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Port Unten in Ryukyu

No. 18. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Naha Port in Ryukyu

No. 19. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Nemuro anchorage

No. 20. The survey was conducted in 1871, and the ...

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Ryukyu Yaeyama islands and Ishigaki anchorage

No. 17 (Liu Kiu Yaeyama Islands) was published in ...

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Kerama channel

No. 24. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Bay of Kuchi Yerabu island and Ichiko port of Yakushima island, in Osumi

No. 25. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Gulf of Kagoshima

The survey was conducted in 1872, and the chart wa...

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Coast of Kushunkotan

No. 28. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Oshima Nazeko habour

No. 29. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Ryukyu islands

No. 34. Published in 1874. In addition, the Kerama...

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Port Ando

No. 36. The survey was conducted in 1874, and the ...

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Strait of Amami-Oshima

No. 35. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Noheji anchorage

No. 37. The survey was conducted in 1874, and the ...

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Ohataura no ezu

No. 38. The survey was conducted in 1874, and the ...

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Yokohama bay

No. 39. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Entrance of Tokyo bay from Kannonsaki to Koshiba

No. 47. The survey was conducted in 1873, and the ...

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Aomori anchorage

No. 52. The survey was conducted in 1874, and the ...

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Pusan harbour

No. 60. The chart was published in 1875.

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Itsuhara and Azu harbours

No. 63. The survey was conducted in 1875, and the ...

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Ajiro bay

No. 64. The survey was conducted in 1875, and the ...

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Saganoseki

No. 66. The survey was conducted in 1875, and the ...

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The skecth of Shuntempo

No. 67. The chart was published in 1876.

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Uwajima bay

No. 68. The survey was conducted in 1875, and the ...

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Fukushima bay

No. 69. The survey was conducted in 1874, and the ...

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Mimmaya bay

No. 70. The survey was conducted in 1874, and the ...

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The skecth of Cheimurupo anchorage

No. 71. The chart was published in 1876.

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The skecth of Tainoura

No. 72. The chart was published in 1876.

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The skecth of Wakamatsu ura

No. 73. The chart was published in 1876.

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The skecth of Chokumi bay

No. 74. The chart was published in 1876.

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The skecth of Chosan anchorage

No. 75. The chart was published in 1876.

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The skecth of Kahairio

No. 76. The chart was published in 1876.

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Fukuura bay

No. 77. The survey was conducted in 1875, and the ...

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The skecth of Kiosei island and Kansan sea

No. 78. The chart was published in 1876.

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The skecth of Olbee island

No. 79. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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The skecth of Ishinomaki bay

No. 81. Published in 1877. The same chart also sho...

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Ports of Mera dand Coura

No. 82. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Ports of Tago and Arari

No. 84. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Heda harbour

No. 85. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Enoshima anchorage and the coast of Kamakura

No. 86 (Yenoshima Anchorage) is based on a survey ...

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Coajiro habour

No. 87. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Izu peninsura form Ajiro harbour to Cape Manazuru

No. 88. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Simizu harbour

No. 89. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Gulf of Tokyo, sheet 1

No. 90. The chart was published in 1877.

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Gulf of Tokyo, sheet 2

No. 90. The chart was published in 1877.

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Gulf of Tokyo, sheet 3

No. 90. The chart was published in 1877.

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Uraga harbour

No. 91. The survey was conducted in 1875, and the ...

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Bay of Yenoura

No. 92. The survey was conducted in 1876, and the ...

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Eastern part of Hokkaido

No. 93. Published in 1878. Besides the four northe...

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Sketch of Inokusi harbour

No. 94. The chart was published in 1877.

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Izu peninsura from Irousaki to Tsumegisaki

No. 96. The chart was published in 1879.

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Sketch of Tariangdou narrows and Uguchen bay

No. 98. The chart was published in 1879.

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Sketch of Oduchi bay

No. 99. The chart was published in 1879.

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Entrance of Shoal gulf

No. 100. The survey was conducted in 1878, and the...

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Chohoko

No. 101. The chart was published in 1879.

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Shinpo ancharage, Broughton bay, Tokion bay

No. 102. The survey was conducted in 1878, and the...

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Tomioka and Kuchinotsu bay

No. 103. The survey was conducted in 1878, and the...

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Hayasaki channel

No. 104. The survey was conducted in 1878, and the...

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Saigo harbour

No. 107. The survey was conducted in 1878, and the...

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