Subject: Wakasa, Japan
Period: 1820 (circa)
Publication: Kokugun Zenzu
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.6 x 8.6 inches
32 x 21.8 cm
This woodblock map depicts the old Japanese province of Wakasa, in present-day southern Fukui Prefecture. North is oriented to the bottom. Published in Kokugun Zenzu, an early Japanese Tadataka Atlas of the Tokugawa Era, compiled by Motonobu Aoo and Toshiro Eirakayu. A lovely example of traditional Japanese cartography.
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Condition: A
On two sheets, joined, with minor toning along the joint.