{"id":874,"date":"2021-02-24T10:17:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T17:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/?p=874"},"modified":"2021-03-09T15:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:55:08","slug":"874","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/2021\/02\/24\/874\/","title":{"rendered":"The map defined-Bankoku s\u014dzu"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are several interesting codes in the Bankoku s\u014dzu<\/em> (1600), such as
\niconic and presentational codes. Firstly, the map uses irregularly shaped icons to establish
\nboundaries between areas. Wrapping the whole map with oval lines and using a black and white
\nline separates the map in the middle, dividing the map into four parts according to the East,
\nWest, North, and South. Moreover, there are some presentational codes in the map; for example,
\nthe map uses different colors to label regions and nations, especially, the map uses dark blue to
\npaint Japan’s area. The association of the color might because of Japan is an island country and
\nsurrounded by the ocean; therefore, the map uses dark blue to represent Japan. Also, the scripts
\non the map are fascinating, such as marks the cities of China, particularly, it indicates the Ming
\nDynasty that China was going through at the time of 1600s, and marks with two Chinese
\ncharacters in the area of the capital city Nanking. It is worth mentioning that China is the only
\ncountry that tags different cities on the whole map. In this way, all these codes bring many
\nassociations of the implication relationship between China and Japan, such as the two countries
\nare close to business trade and cultural exchange, so Japanese are familiar with China’s
\ngeography, and they can draw the map of China. Besides, there is a fascinating script write on
\nthe part of the South area, ” \u81ea\u662f\u5357\u65b9\u5730\u4eba\u5230\u8005\u5c11\u6545\u672a\u5be9\u5176\u4eba\u7269\u5982\u4f55.” The English translation
\nis that few people come to the South, so they cannot depict the picture. Therefore, the code
\ndefines the South area as a mysterious region on the map, encouraging people to take adventure
\nattitudes toward this space.
\nFurthermore, the map of Bankoku s\u014dzu<\/em> (1600) has “fantastic cultural” world-building.
\nThe title of the map was written by the Chinese character “\u842c\u570b\u7e02\u5716, ” the translation is a
\ngeneral map of ten thousand nations, which is the embryonic form of the World Map, and it
\nshows that people begin to realize the importance of cultural interaction with the whole world.
\nThe map has drawn forty boxes of people from various places with different races and
\nappearances. Some of these people are based on reality to depict, such as China and some
\nWestern countries. It gives the details of the clothing, tools, and physical features, proving some
\nparticular cultural exchanges and interactions between these countries and Japan.
\nOn the other hand, some people on the map are more likely based on ancient
\nmythology development. For example, dwarfs and cannibals, specifically, the Chinese tag,
\nmentions that the cannibal only eats men but not women, which curious where these legends
\ncome from or might that back to the ancient time there are ethnic groups that actually
\ncannibalism. The genetic problems could also cause dwarfs and giants, especially the giant
\nkingdom’s location marked on the map as “\u9577\u4eba.”
\nIn conclusion, whether these fabulous legends are true or not, this map represents
\nthe most advanced world cultural interaction at that time. It delivered the message that Japan’s
\nawareness of world civilization and expresses curiosity of unknown space of the world and the
\ndesire to explore more areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are several interesting codes in the Bankoku s\u014dzu (1600), such as iconic and presentational codes. Firstly, the map uses irregularly shaped icons to establish boundaries between areas. Wrapping the whole map with oval lines and using a black and white line separates the map in the middle, dividing the map into four parts according […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84781,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[228882,228881],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bankoku-sozu","category-maps-assignment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84781"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/asia453\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}