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Kaisei Nihon yochi rotei zenzu, [Revised Route Map of Japan], dated Bunka 5 nen Tsuchinoetatsu, Kichimoniya Izaemon (publisher) [1808]. Hand-coloured woodcut map of Japan mounted as a four panelled screen, with blue silk edges, the multi-sheet map showing Japan orientated north west to south east, compass roses, with various text blocks giving information on roads, crops of each Daimyo, their crests, Eki (an old system where a horse and labourer were available for travel), inns, famous places, historic spots, shrines & temples with text inscription Dai Nihon Dochu Saikenki [great Japan map for travel]. Each lacquered panel approximately 1450 x 620mm, overall map size 1.36 x 2.30m. (Some light staining and spotting, repaired tear to silk backing of the screen, some wear along old fold lines.)
AN IMPORTANT EARLY-19TH CENTURY ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF JAPAN. Nagakubo's route map of Japan redevised the traditional Ryusen form the map of Japan introducing for the first time graticule lines of latitudes and meridians, allowing more accurate readings of position. This new form first appeared in 1779, the map being republished and revised in 1811, 1833, 1840 and 1844 after his death. Compiled at a scale of one sun to ten ri, or 1:1,296,000, it became the standard form for the map of Japan for over a century. This example appears to be a second issue and is not recorded by Kazukata Unno in his article 'Cartography in Japan' in History of Cartography vol. 2 book 2 (1994). See Hugh Cortazzi, Isles of Gold, Antique Maps of Japan, (Tokyo, 1983) plate 4, for the 1811 issue of the map.
Kaisei Nihon yochi rotei zenzu, [Revised Route Map of Japan], dated Bunka 5 nen Tsuchinoetatsu, Kichimoniya Izaemon (publisher) [1808]. Hand-coloured woodcut map of Japan mounted as a four panelled screen, with blue silk edges, the multi-sheet map showing Japan orientated north west to south east, compass roses, with various text blocks giving information on roads, crops of each Daimyo, their crests, Eki (an old system where a horse and labourer were available for travel), inns, famous places, historic spots, shrines & temples with text inscription Dai Nihon Dochu Saikenki [great Japan map for travel]. Each lacquered panel approximately 1450 x 620mm, overall map size 1.36 x 2.30m. (Some light staining and spotting, repaired tear to silk backing of the screen, some wear along old fold lines.)
AN IMPORTANT EARLY-19TH CENTURY ADMINISTRATIVE MAP OF JAPAN. Nagakubo's route map of Japan redevised the traditional Ryusen form the map of Japan introducing for the first time graticule lines of latitudes and meridians, allowing more accurate readings of position. This new form first appeared in 1779, the map being republished and revised in 1811, 1833, 1840 and 1844 after his death. Compiled at a scale of one sun to ten ri, or 1:1,296,000, it became the standard form for the map of Japan for over a century. This example appears to be a second issue and is not recorded by Kazukata Unno in his article 'Cartography in Japan' in History of Cartography vol. 2 book 2 (1994). See Hugh Cortazzi, Isles of Gold, Antique Maps of Japan, (Tokyo, 1983) plate 4, for the 1811 issue of the map.
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