Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Shinsen Hizen Nagasaki zu

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Cover attached; title from cover. Enlarged edition of map first published by Kojudō. A woodblock print with addition of blue and tan colors by stencil. Possibly published to commemorate the opening of Nagasaki to American ships in 1857, this map shows five foreign frigates (the first and last being steam): American, English, Dutch, French, and Russian. Cited in: WSN; 260

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