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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4b69q4q8 No online items Finding Aid for the Richard C. Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps, 1614-1896 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2005 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Richard C. 1013 1 Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps, 1614-1896 Descriptive Summary Title: Richard C. Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps Date (inclusive): 1614-1896 Collection number: 1013 Creator: Rudolph, Richard C. Extent: 14 boxes (7 linear ft.)1 oversize box. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Richard C. Rudolph. Dawson's Book Shop; purchase; 1953. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Richard C. Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps (Collection 1013). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233706 Biography Richard Casper Rudolph was born on May 21, 1909 in San Francisco, CA; BS (1932), AM (1936), and Ph.D (1942), UC Berkeley; research associate and instructor of Chinese, University of Chicago, 1937-40; research associate, Oriental languages, UC Berkeley, 1942-43; assistant professor of Chinese and head of Chinese language section, US Department of the Navy Language School, University of Colorado, 1943-45; assistant professor of Chinese studies (1945-46), University of Toronto; associate professor of Chinese and acting director of the school of Chinese studies (1946-47), associate professor (1947-52), professor (1952-80), and, in 1980, emeritus professor of Oriental languages, UCLA; publications include Dynastic booty : an altered Chinese bronze (1948), Chinese moveable type printing in the eighteenth century (1954), and Illustrated botanical works in China and Japan (1966). Richard Rudolph died on April 9, 2003. Scope and Content Collection consists of early Japanese woodblock maps and a small group of manuscript maps. A register by Takako Karplus consists of a chart/index, followed by a descriptive catalog which annotates each map with excerpts from major authorities. Copies of these annotations are attached to the folders of the individual maps to which they apply. Also includes Japanese early maps of other areas. Scope and Content Note This collection was assembled by Professor Richard C. Rudolph of UCLA and has been augmented by the addition of a few similar and related maps. The collection was catalogued by Takako Karplus. The register consists of a chart/index, followed by a descriptive catalog which annotates each map with excerpts from major authorities. Copies of these annotations are attached to the folders of the individual maps to which they apply. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Early maps. Japan--Maps, Pictorial--Early works to 1800. Japan--Maps, Pictorial. Japan--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800. Finding Aid for the Richard C. 1013 2 Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps, 1614-1896 Japan--Maps, Manuscript. Genres and Forms of Material Maps--Japan. Related Material Creating an Oriental Languages Department and Library [oral history transcript] / Richard Rudolph, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, c1985. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA. Box 1 Nansen Bushū Bankoku Shōka no Zu (World Map) Hoei 7 (1710) Physical Description: 57 x 45 ½ Scope and Content Note Priest Hūtan (auth) Nagata Chũbei (publ) Beans 1710.I* Ayusawa Kurita, page 9. Namba, Page 13. Box 1 Oranda Shinyaku Chikyū Zenzu (The Map of the Whole World, Newly Translated from Dutch Sources) Kansei 8 (1796) Physical Description: 36 ¼ x 20 ¼ Colored Scope and Content Note Nagakubo Sekisui (exam) Hashimoto Sōkichi (auth) Beans 1796.I* Kurita, page 16. Box 1 Bankoku Chikyũ-zu oyobi Setsu, Shinsei Yochi Zenzu (New World Map with Geographic Description) Tenpō 6 (1835) Physical Description: 27 ½ x 19 ¾ Colored Scope and Content Note Kakushudō (publ) Box 1 Oranda Chikyu Zenzu (The Map of the Whole World by Dutch Sources) Tenpō 11 (1840) Physical Description: 17 x 26 BW Scope and Content Note Shima Seilich (exam) Tajima Ryūkyō (auth) Box 1 Chikyu Bankoku Sankai Yochi Zenzu Setsu (World Map with Explanations) Kaei 3 (1850) Physical Description: 23 ¼ x 16 Color Scope and Content Note Chō Sekisui (original design) Beans 1850.2*; 1850.4; 1844.01 Kurita, page 23. Namba, page 14 Finding Aid for the Richard C. 1013 3 Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps, 1614-1896 Container List Box 1 Shintei Bankoku Zenzu (Revised World Map) Kaei 3 (1850) Physical Description: 54 ½ x 25 Color Scope and Content Note Shiral Tsūki (auth) Beans 1850.8* Kurita, page 23. Box 1 Shintei Chikyũ Bankoku Hōzu (World Map) Kaei 6 (1853) Physical Description: 49 x 25 ½ Color Scope and Content Note Kondo Katsusai (publ) Beans 1853.I* Kurita, page23. Box 1 Shinkan Yochi Zenzu (World Map, Newly Edited) Bunkyũl (1861) Physical Description: 51 x 49 Color Scope and Content Note Satō Seiyo (transl) Beans 1861.I* Kurita, page 23. Box 1 Bankoku Kōkai-zu (World Navigation Map) Bunkyū Ansei 5 (1862) Physical Description: 5 34 ½ Color Scope and Content Note Takeda Kango (transl) Beans 1858.I*; 1862.2 Kurita, page 23. Box 2 Daimin KyŮhen Bankoku Jinseki Rotei-zu (World Map, Representing Chinese Thought) (Kōki 2) Kanbun 2 (1662) Physical Description: 47 1/3 x 48 Color Scope and Content Note Uemura Yahaku Cyokuchi-do Ayusawa Kurita, page 25. (reprinted) Box 2 Chosen Sahyō narabi Zenzu (Dynasties and 8 Provinces of Korea) Bunka 3 (1806) Physical Description: 51 ¾ x 20 ½ Color Box 2 Chō Ichiram (Map of Ch'ing China) Tenpō 6 (1835) Physical Description: 22 ¼ x 25 ½ Color Scope and Content Note Seitaien (auth) Beans [1835.I]* Kurita, page 25. Namba, page 17. Box 2 Dai-Nihon Tōdo Yochi Zenzu (Complete Map of Japan and China) Kaei 7 (1854) Physical Description: 20 ½ x 29 Color Scope and Content Note Nagayama Kan (comp.) Beans 1854.09.03 Kurita, page 25. Finding Aid for the Richard C. 1013 4 Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps, 1614-1896 Container List Box 2, Folder 1 Dai-Nihon Koku Zenbi-Zu (General Map of Japan) Genroku Period (1688-1704) Physical Description: 47 x 30 Hand-colored Scope and Content Note Drawn by Mabuchi Jikõan Description by Okada Jishoken Beans [1695.I]* Kurita, Page 35. Akioka, Page 140. Namba, Page 172. Box 2, Folder 2 Kaisei Nihon Yochi Rotei Zenzu (Revised Map of Japan) An-ei 8 (1779) Bunka 8 (1811) Physical Description: 33 x 53 ½ Hand-colored Scope and Content Note Nagakubo Sekisui (auth) Asano Yahei, Suharaya Mohei (publ) Beans 1179.I*; 1811.I, 1865.I. Akioka, Page 145. Kurita, Page 36. Namba, Plate 29. Box 2, Folder 3 Dainihon Saiken Shishō Zenzu (Detailed Map of Japan) Bunka 5 (1808) Physical Description: 89 ½ x 53 ¼ Color Scope and Content Note Shōtõzan (auth) Beans 1808.II Kurita, page 38. Akioka, page 148. Box 2, Folder 4 Dai-Nihon Setsujo Sangoku no Zenzu. (Map of Three Countries Sourrounding Japan) Bunka 13 (1816) Physical Description: 27 x 18 Color Scope and Content Note Bunsōkaku (publ) Beans 1816.I* Akioka, Page 148. Box 2, Folder 5 Dai-Nihan Yochi Binran (Bandy Atlas of Japan) Tenpō 5 (1834) Physical Description: 14 x 10 ½ Color Scope and Content Note Saitō Ken (ed) Yamazaki Yoshiyue (auth) Beans 1834.I*-1834.70* Akioka, page 156. Box 2, Folder 6 Dai-Nihon Kokugun Yochi Zenzu (General Map of Japan) Kaei 2 (1849) Physical Description: 58 x 28 ¼ Color Scope and Content Note Takashiba Hidezō (auth) Beans 1849.I Kurita, page 38. Akioka, page 152. Finding Aid for the Richard C. 1013 5 Rudolph Collection of Japanese Maps, 1614-1896 Container List Box 2, Folder 7 Dai-Nihon Bunkyō Zusei (Atlas of Japan) Kaei 7 (1854) Physical Description: 10 ½ x 8 ¼ Color Scope and Content Note Rintei Shujin (ed.) Hashimoto Gyokuran (auth) Akioka, page 153. Box 2, Folder 4-a Cover title: Nihon Meisho no E (Picture of Places of Interest in Japan) (scroll: pkg. 1) Bunsei (1813-30) Physical Description: 22 ¼ x 16 ½ Color Scope and Content Note Kuwagata Keisai (artist) Beans [1818.h]* Namba, page 44. Ours is in form of scroll; not of complete format. Box 2, Folder 1-a Dai-Nihonkoku no Zu (Map of Japan) Meiwa (1764-1772) Physical Description: 26 ½ x 18 ½ Scope and Content Note Kawachiya Jihei (publ) Akioka, page 144. Box 2, Folder 8 Nihon no Zu (Map of Japan) Kaei 7 (1854) Physical Description: 35 ½ x 20 ½ Color Scope and Content Note Kikuya Kōzaburō (publ) Beans 1854.09.I Akioka, Plate 61. Box 2, Folder 9 Dai-Nihon Kairiku Zenzu (Complete Map of Japan, Land and Sea) Bunkyū 4 (1864) Physical Description: 38 ¾ x 28 ¾ Color Scope and Content Note Seiken Gengyo (auth) Ebisuya Shōshichi (publ) Akioka, page 152.
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    Dialectologia 8 (2012), 85-132. ISSN: 2013-2247 Received 24 September 2011. Accepted 2 November 2011. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC STATUS OF DIALECTS AS OBSERVED THROUGH LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPES — UTILIZATION OF GOOGLE MAPS AND GOOGLE INSIGHTS — Fumio INOUE Meikai University, Japan [email protected] Abstract The sociolinguistic status of Japanese dialects will be discussed on the basis of linguistic landscape in this paper. A steady increase in dialect shop names over the past fourteen years was concretely ascertained in a southern island on the basis of tour guide books. This increase in dialect shop names is observed also in other areas of Japan. The fieldworks are examples of “insect’s eye view” research. The geographical distribution of dialect shop names can be shown also on distribution maps of Google maps. These maps give us a “bird’s eye view”. It has been ascertained that Japanese dialect forms are utilized both domestically and abroad. Many more examples are observable using Google street view as “fly’s eye view”, and Google insights as “witch’s eye view”. The background of dialect landscape can be explained partly by the progress of language standardization, or decline of dialects. Dialects are now economically utilized because of their scarcity value. Three sociolinguistic types can be distinguished historically: ERADICATION, DESCRIPTION and UTILIZATION. Now Japanese dialects are in the state of UTILIZATION. Dialect landscape is a reflection of language standardization, and is regarded as a sensor of standardization. On the basis of the Linguistic Atlas of Japan, three historical stages of standardization can be distinguished: first, language standardization from the former capital Kyoto, and secondly from the new capital Tokyo, and thirdly nationwide standardization among junior high school students.