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Auction 156, Lot 677

"[Shinano, Japan]",

Subject: Shinano, Japan

Period: 1820 (circa)

Publication: Kokugun Zenzu

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.7 x 8.7 inches
32.3 x 22.1 cm
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This woodblock map depicts the old Japanese province of Shinano, now in present-day Nagano Prefecture. North is oriented to the left. Published in Kokugun Zenzu, an early Japanese Tadataka Atlas of the Tokugawa Era, compiled by Motonobu Aoo and Toshiro Eirakayu. A lovely example of traditional Japanese cartography.

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Condition: A

On two sheets, joined, with minor toning along the joint.

Estimate: $110 - $140

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Closed on 2/17/2016

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