Abstract
This chapter examines the role of influential Ming texts such as the Sancai
tuhui (Illustrated Compendium of the Three Fields of Knowledge) and the
Huang Ming zhifang ditu (Administrative Atlas of the Imperial Ming) in
Japan, even in the context of Japan’s comparatively direct contact with the
cartographic traditions of the Dutch, the Portuguese, and other European
lands. The role of Jesuit cartography and the long-lasting influence of
Buddhist cosmology are considered within this trans-regional context.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press