Lot 212
  • 212

Kyoto City--Kyo oezu

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5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • shinsen zoho [Street map of Kyoto]. Kyoto: Hayashi Yoshinaga, [1699, but 1800], 1600 x 1220mm., detailed woodblock printed plan on native paper, with explanatory notes and keys in Japanese, folding into 8vo wrappers with printed label on upper cover

Catalogue Note

This fine map of the whole of Kyoto with residential areas, shrines, temples and notable places was published by Hayashi Yoshinaga, a well-known court mapmaker.