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. kiriezu, kirie-zu 切絵図 detailed maps of Edo .
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chizu　地図 maps of Edo

. chizu　日本地図 Japan maps as art motives .
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. Tozai Nanboku 東西南北 The Four Directions .
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Five Maps of Tokyo / Edo


Edo 1844–48

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Mount Fuji last erupted in 1707, covering Tokyo in a layer of ash. A similar eruption today would be a major threat to the capital, as ash would likely paralyze transportation networks, leaving millions to make their way home on foot. This map, produced by the Cabinet Office’s disaster management team, is a composite based on prevailing winds in all seasons showing how much ash could fall. Tokyo (the pink section at upper right) looks set to get at least a few centimeters.
- source : Peter Durfee

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Map from 1752



European maps based on Kaempfer show a formal European-style garden at the heart of the palace. This is from a closed auction describing it as
"1752 [from] Prevost's Historie Generale des Voyages,"
- source : Bob on facebook 2017 -

Map from 1862
Bushu Toshima-gun Edo shozu 武州豊嶋郡江戶庄圖


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- source : ... rare-map-of-tokyo... -

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National Archives of Japan 国立公文書館




- Exhibition catalogue -
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「変貌－江戸から帝都そして首都へ－」
平成15年10月4日～10月19日


平成15年は、江戸開府400年にあたり、関係各方面で多彩な記念事業が行われました。
本展示会では、慶応4年（1868）に江戸から名を改めた東京が「首都」として徐々に成長し、関東大震災や戦災による大打撃を乗り越え、戦後は「首都圏」を形成するほどまで発展を遂げた足跡を、写真・地図・図面などを含む当館の所蔵資料約70点によって、ふりかえりました。
- source : www.archives.go.jp




- source : www.archives.go.jp/english

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Map of Edo castle, honmaru goten
明暦の大火前後の江戸城本丸図



- source : khori/Edo_castle_plan -


- discussion and more maps - Bob on facebook -

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Visit Edo with Google Earth
Google Earthで街並散歩（江戸編）


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- source : yasuda.iobb.net -

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Most old maps show the four directions (the compass rose):



But there are some where the North is missing



for example
Tōkaidō bunken ezu 東海道分間絵図 ('shinpan' 新版 editions from 1752 and 1772)

- Join the discussion, October 2016
Edo compass rose without 'north'?
- source : PMJS listserve -

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東京の古地図
- source : hakkou-s.co.jp/chizutokyo/tokyomap... -

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文化江戸図 Bunka Edo Chizu 1811 - Tokyo

- source : lapis.nichibun.ac.jp/chizu ... -
International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto

日本王国図 (1735年)

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九州　Kyushu

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Japoniae Insulae Descriptio (Descriptions of Japanese islands), 1595.
Luís Teixeira

This is not a Japanese painting, but it could be very interesting for all of us.
This map, drawn by the Portuguese Luis Teixeira, was the first printed map of Japan to appear in a Western atlas.
It shows all of Japan, part of Korea, and part of China.
The map is ornated with the title cartouche in the upper center and
a decorative scale of mileage in the lower right corner.
The 'privilegium' is written on the upper right side.
Villages and towns are shown as miniature views, and the map is further ornated with 3 ships.
- source: robynbuntin.com/ ... -

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Map of Banchō (Banchō Ezu 番町絵図)

Maps of Edo were originally printed on a single page, but as it grew into a major city,
it could not be fitted into a single map, while a larger map was difficult to carry around.
So, zonal maps dividing Edo into different areas
came to be published in the final days of the Tokugawa shogunate.
This map was the first one that went on sale.
- source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library -

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新発見- A new map was found
九州〜東北ほぼ全域！室町時代に描かれた日本最古級の地図が発見されました

. source : mag.japaaan.com/archives.... .


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