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[Asia] NAGAKUBO SEKISUI.
[A Revised Route Map of Japan showing the fiefs and distances]
Multi-sheet woodcut map
c. 1811.
130 x 84 cm.
A multi-sheet woodcut map, showing Japan orientated north west to south east, compass roses, with various text blocks giving information on roads, crops of each Daimyo, their crests, Eki (an old system where a horse and labourer were available for travel), inns, famous places, historic spots, shrines & temples.
An important 19th century administrative map of Japan, Nagakubo's route map of Japan redevised the traditional Ryusen form the map of Japan introducing for the first time graticule lines of latitudes and meridians, allowing more accurate readings of position. This new form first appeared in 1779, the map being republished and revised in 1791, 1811, 1833, 1840 after his death. It became the standard form for the map of Japan for over a century.