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Su Song Star Map 1, Song dynasty - Public domain old map

Su Song Star Map 1, Song dynasty - Public domain old map

This is a star map for the celestial globe of Su Song (1020-1101), a Chinese scientist and mechanical engineer of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). It was first published in the year 1092, in Su's book known as the ... More

Su Song Star Map 2 - Public domain geographic map

Su Song Star Map 2 - Public domain geographic map

A star map of the south polar projection found for the celestial globe of Su Song (1020-1101), a Chinese scientist and mechanical engineer of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This diagram of a star chart was first ... More

Qing dynasty Chinese - Dish with Chinese Ladies - Walters 492390

Qing dynasty Chinese - Dish with Chinese Ladies - Walters 492390

Anonymous (Chinese). 'Dish with Chinese Ladies,' 1662-1722. porcelain with underglaze blue. Walters Art Museum (49.2390): Bequest of Clarence Reeder, 1957.

Chinese constellation Emptiness

Chinese constellation Emptiness

日本語: 虛宿 敗臼 天塁城 璃瑜 泣 哭 司非 司危 司禄 司命

Chinese constellation Roof

Chinese constellation Roof

日本語: 危宿 人星 車府 杵 臼 天鉤 造父 蓋屋 墳墓 虚梁 天銭

Chinese constellation Extended Net

Chinese constellation Extended Net

日本語: 張宿 天廟

Chinese constellation Well

Chinese constellation Well

日本語: 井宿 鉞 水府 天罇 五諸侯 北河 積水 積薪 水位 南河 四涜 闕邱  軍市 野鶏 天狼 丈人 子 孫 老人 弧矢

Chinese constellation Wall

Chinese constellation Wall

日本語: 壁宿 天厩 土公 霹靂 雲雨 鈇鑕

Chinese constellation Neck

Chinese constellation Neck

日本語: 亢宿 九度四十二分 大角 右摂提 左摂提 陽門 頓頑

Chinese constellation Stomach

Chinese constellation Stomach

日本語: 胃宿 大陵 積尸 天囷 天廩 天船 積水

Soochow Planisphere

Soochow Planisphere

A rubbing of the "Soochow Planisphere" or "Suzhou Planisphere" (Tianwentu), a chart of the stars in the sky from the north celestial pole to 55° S. A central circle bounds the circumpolar constellations, outsi... More

Soochow Planisphere (Detail 2)

Soochow Planisphere (Detail 2)

A rubbing of the "Soochow Planisphere" or "Suzhou Planisphere" (Tianwentu), a chart of the stars in the sky from the north celestial pole to 55° S. A central circle bounds the circumpolar constellations, outsi... More

Twenty-eight mansions. 1910s Japan, public domain image.

Twenty-eight mansions. 1910s Japan, public domain image.

Twenty-eight mansions 日本語: 二十八宿

水陆画宝宁寺 宝瓶金牛天蝎巨蟹磨羯宫神

水陆画宝宁寺 宝瓶金牛天蝎巨蟹磨羯宫神

Five of the Constellations, Water and Land Ritual Painting from Baoning Temple

Yi Xiang Kao Cheng 05 - Public domain geographic map

Yi Xiang Kao Cheng 05 - Public domain geographic map

Starchart of the northern celestial sphere

Yi Xiang Kao Cheng 06 - Public domain geographic map

Yi Xiang Kao Cheng 06 - Public domain geographic map

Starchart of the southern celestial sphere