Univ. British Columbia, Canada: Tokugawa Maps digitized

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H-JAPAN (E) June 29, 2011
....the entire "Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era" collection has now been digitized. All works are accessible via the database at
http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/tokugawa/

.....the previously digitized flat maps in the collection. Books and atlases have now been added, as well as scrolls such as the following:
 http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/zoomify/G_7962_S24_P5_1860z.htm 

A recent article on the collection and the digitization efforts can also be
found in UBC Reports: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/06/02/library-digitizes-rare-japanese-maps/

The Asian Library's Japanese language librarian Shirin Eshghi (shirin.eshghi@ubc.ca) and the Rare Books and Special Collections librarian
Katherine Kalsbeek (katherine.kalsbeek@ubc.ca) welcome comments or queries from those with interest in the collection.