Networks for Collecting Maps in the 18th Century
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In the Edo period, especially in the 18th century, many people collected a great deal of information and knowledge through their networks. Nevertheless, there have been very few analyses of the process of collecting maps in various periods, and thus we have not been able to verify whether geographic knowledge of maps was also exchanged through networks like other types of knowledge. Focusing on the map collection of WATANABE Yoshikata (1701-?), a priest at the Osaka Tenmangu Shrine, this paper shows a concrete picture of map collection through networks in 18th-century Japan.Watanabe owned more than 100 maps, many of which were obtained by tracing the originals possessed by various persons, including village managers, painters, warriors, traders, officials, and physicians. Watanabe formed a network among them, and they exchanged maps with each other.Places of residence also varied. Those living in Osaka, like Watanabe, forged close relationships through borrowing and reading maps. Others lived elsewhere. But when Watanabe and other map collectors traveled, made pilgrimages, or traded, they visited people with the same interests and exchanged information and goods. Some who lived in remote areas also stopped at Watanabe's house when visiting Osaka.Watanabe increased his geographic knowledge by obtaining maps created by earlier generations. After knowledge of his map collection spread, the next generation often borrowed or traced his maps. His network stretched into both time and space. Much geographic knowledge of maps was distributed over that large network.Watanabe was located in one of the hubs of the movement of the period's geographic knowledge. However, Watanabe was not exceptional. Many other individuals mentioned in this paper also functioned as hubs in networks. Their networks were crucial for collecting maps or obtaining geographic knowledge in 18th-century Japan.In the future, research on the relationships between geographic and other types of knowledge and discussion of the position of maps or geographic knowledge in the intellectual culture as a whole will be required.
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