Edo On World Map

Edo On World Map. Giclée Print Reproduction of Edo Period Japanese Map of the World the The colophon, highlighted in yellow in the lower left section of the map, reports that the map was authorized for publication in Kaei 6 (1853) and first published in Ansei 5 (1858), but that this copy was printed from blocks revised in Ansei 7 (1860). Abstract The world maps that Matteo Ricci made in China started to arrive in Japan by the mid-17th century at the latest

The colophon, highlighted in yellow in the lower left section of the map, reports that the map was authorized for publication in Kaei 6 (1853) and first published in Ansei 5 (1858), but that this copy was printed from blocks revised in Ansei 7 (1860). Presented here is a pictorial route map, published in 1672 (early Edo period), that depicts the journey from Edo (present-day Tokyo) to Nagasaki

Edo Japan Map

The colophon, highlighted in yellow in the lower left section of the map, reports that the map was authorized for publication in Kaei 6 (1853) and first published in Ansei 5 (1858), but that this copy was printed from blocks revised in Ansei 7 (1860). The first volume shows the land route from Edo to Kyōto The Edo Kiriezu maps are illustrative in depicting the whereabouts of landmarks such as temples and shrines and way-finding

Giclée Print Reproduction of Edo Period Japanese Map of the World the. The Edo Kiriezu maps are illustrative in depicting the whereabouts of landmarks such as temples and shrines and way-finding The visual is quite detailed, and the main feature is the Edo Castle.

Hiroshige II. This stunning map of the city of Edo (modernday Tokyo. He began the work on the 1807 by order of the shogunate government, with the assistance of astronomer Hazama Shigetomi and Dutch interpreter Baba Sajūrō, who was summoned to Edo (present-day Tokyo) from Nagasaki in 1808 The map was published in the final decades of Japan's Sakoku (鎖国, 'Locked Country') era - making it most unusual for its presentation of Western geographical knowledge