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HAYASHI YOSHINAGA (fl.late 17th/early 18th century), PUBLISHER
Zoho Saihan Kyo O Ezu [Map of Kyoto and its surroundings]. Kyoto: Hayashi Yoshinaga, Kanpo 1 [1741]. Hand-coloured woodblock printed plan of the city of Kyoto, on multiple sheets of native paper, joined to form two sheets, overall size 1230 x 1810mm. (Occasional light rubbing to folds.) Folding into original blue paper wrappers with title slips, modern cloth case.
SECOND EDITION OF THIS IMPRESSIVELY LARGE MAP OF THE IMPERIAL CITY, following the undated first edition of c.1716-1736. It shows Kyoto laid out in symmetrical order between the rivers Katsura and Kamo with shrines and temples occupying the surrounding hills. Within the walls are the large Imperial Palace to the North East and the Shogun's Palace to the West. The principal roads are coloured in yellow, temples in red, hills in green and yellow. The geographical text blocks include distance tables from the Sanjo Obashi, the bridge over the Kamo from which distances to other cities were measured. Yoshinaga had produced maps of various parts of Japan from the late 17th century, and this map is particularly interesting for its detailed rendering of the city's 250 Shinto shrines and 1600 Buddhist temples. It also forms an invaluable historical record of the ancient city which was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1788. Illustrated in J.B. Harley and D. Woodward, The History of Cartography, II, p. 419. FINE CONDITION. (2)
Zoho Saihan Kyo O Ezu [Map of Kyoto and its surroundings]. Kyoto: Hayashi Yoshinaga, Kanpo 1 [1741]. Hand-coloured woodblock printed plan of the city of Kyoto, on multiple sheets of native paper, joined to form two sheets, overall size 1230 x 1810mm. (Occasional light rubbing to folds.) Folding into original blue paper wrappers with title slips, modern cloth case.
SECOND EDITION OF THIS IMPRESSIVELY LARGE MAP OF THE IMPERIAL CITY, following the undated first edition of c.1716-1736. It shows Kyoto laid out in symmetrical order between the rivers Katsura and Kamo with shrines and temples occupying the surrounding hills. Within the walls are the large Imperial Palace to the North East and the Shogun's Palace to the West. The principal roads are coloured in yellow, temples in red, hills in green and yellow. The geographical text blocks include distance tables from the Sanjo Obashi, the bridge over the Kamo from which distances to other cities were measured. Yoshinaga had produced maps of various parts of Japan from the late 17th century, and this map is particularly interesting for its detailed rendering of the city's 250 Shinto shrines and 1600 Buddhist temples. It also forms an invaluable historical record of the ancient city which was almost totally destroyed by fire in 1788. Illustrated in J.B. Harley and D. Woodward, The History of Cartography, II, p. 419. FINE CONDITION. (2)
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