Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Rekidai bun'ya no zu kokon jinbutsu jiseki Lu, Junhan

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The title on the map is in particularly difficult Chinese ideographs, which translates as: "The best collection of ancient and modern work concerning the historical events throughout the dynasties. By the monastery of Shao-lin" [Honan]. ; This map is famous Ukiyoe artist Miyagawa Choshun's reproduction of Chinese original edited by Lu Chun-Han of Peking in 1679.

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