Subject: Shinano, Japan
Period: 1820 (circa)
Publication: Kokugun Zenzu
Color: Hand Color
Size:
12.7 x 8.7 inches
32.3 x 22.1 cm
This woodblock map depicts the old Japanese province of Shinano, now in present-day Nagano Prefecture. North is oriented to the left. 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.