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World Map

地球図
World Map (地球図)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Painting · Edo period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Paintings
Date
1648
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-46723

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This pioneering world map by Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu was probably a gift to the Tokugawa shogun. It commemorates the end of the Dutch Eighty Years' War with the Spanish.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “World Map（地球図）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-46723. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/world-map/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Painting
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Western:Other
  • Material: Color copperplate engraving
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 絵画
  • 種別: 絵画:欧米:その他
  • 品質形状: 紙本印刷、彩色
  • 法量: 206.0×298.0

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