Subject: Tokyo, Japan
Period: 1683 (circa)
Publication: Description de l'Univers
Color: Hand Color
Size:
4.2 x 5.8 inches
10.7 x 14.7 cm
Lovely miniature bird's-eye view of Tokyo, showing the Tama River flowing through the city. The view is filled with minutely engraved buildings and countryside, with the foreground showing travelers and fields. French text on verso.
References: Pastoureau, Manesson-Mallet [141].
Condition: A
Faint text show through.