Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era

Tōto Koishikawa ezu Tomatsu, Masanori, active 19th century

Description

Cover attached; cover title: 小石川繪圖 Koishikawa ezu (Map of Koishikawa). Roads, bridges, houses, river, moats, ponds, mountains, shrines, and temples indicated. Identical to Beans 1869 (16) ; The two maps were engraved by same engraver, on same block, on same date. Shows area north of the Imperial Palace. Shows Daimyō residences; upper residences are indicated by Family crests, middle residences with squares, and lower residences with circles.

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