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• Title:Kaisei nihon yochi rotei zenzu.
  
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• Variant Title:Sekisui's map of japan
  Shinkoku nihon yochi rotei zenzu
  
• Author/Creator:Nagakubo, Sekisui, 1717-1801.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Murakami, Kuhēi.
  Asano, Yahēi.
  Shibano, Ritsuzen.
  
• Published/Created:Ōsaka : Asano Yahēi, Anei 8 [1779].
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Japanese mapsWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: G7961 .P2 1779b N3
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Shelved at: RBSC roll maps drawer 1
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Roads--Japan--18th century--Maps.
  Japan--Maps--18th century.
  
• Description:Scale [1:1 296 000] : 10 ri to 1 sun.
  1 map : woodcut, ms. col. ; 83. 5 x 135 cm.
  
• Series:Addenda; 1779.1.
  [Addenda]; 1779.1.
  
• Notes:Covers attached, back cover loose; the title is taken from cover label.
  This map is similar to Beans 1779.1, but the preface and illustrations are within borders, and this map is slightly smaller.
  A grid system, with parallels, degrees, and meridians, degrees are given.
  Outlines and place names are printed, with colors added by hand.
  There is a wrapper with the inscription: "Newly published at Koshi (Kanoene) 9th month of Anei 1780."
  The preface by Shibano Ritsuzan, Anei 4 (1775), has the title: SHINKOKU NIHON YOCHI ROTEI ZENZU.
  References: cf. NIHON KOCHIZU TAISEI, pl. 33; cf. Akioka, NIHON CHIZU SHI, p.146.
  Tears along folds, especially adjacent to heavy covers.
  
• Cited in:WSN; 87