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[Amended and Supplementary Map of Fushimi (Kyoto), Japan] Kaisei zōho Kyō ezu taisei /...
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[Amended and Supplementary Map of Fushimi (Kyoto), Japan] Kaisei zōho Kyō ezu taisei / 改正増補京繪圖大成

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[Kyoto]: Yakichi Hachioya (sometimes Hachidaiya) [八大屋弥吉], 1863. Ephemera. Near fine. The third edition of this woodblock map of Kyoto, at the time the Imperial seat (the emperor moved to Tokyo in 1868). The map depicts a traditional street grid for the center of the city, with relief shown pictorially around the map edges. North is to the left, as is typical in Japanese maps of the time. 40-1/4 by 28 inches (103 by 71 cm), printed on four joined sheets. There are (at least) two issues of this map, one of which denotes burned areas with red handcoloring. That is probably a later 1864 issue, reflecting the damage done in the Great Genji Fire of August 1864. A near fine copy with a short tear in one margin. The printing on the lower left sheet is somewhat lighter than the rest of the map. In a loose printed folded paper wrapper with the title and a delicate decorative border. The era (Bunkyu) is printed with a space below, possibly to supply the year, but that space is still empty on this copy.
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Copy of the Official Map of the Property of the Eureka Homestead Association, Adopted November...
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Copy of the Official Map of the Property of the Eureka Homestead Association, Adopted November 16th, 1864

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[San Francisco]: Towne & Bacon, Printers, 1860. Ephemera. Very good. A very unusual promotional real estate map for San Francisco's Castro district. While this map has been described as a lithograph (see PBA Galleries, April 21, 2022), it is actually letterpress printed entirely from type (the bite of the type can be distinctly felt on the verso of the paper). It shows the lots in the neighborhood bounded by Douglas, 17th, Noe, and 20th Streets. The Eureka Homestead Association was one of many speculative real estate ventures sweeping San Francisco in the early 1860s. In 1863, the Alta California newspaper reported on homestead association, including the Eureka Homestead Association: "These societies are nominally formed for the purpose of supplying the members with homesteads but a homestead implies a dwelling which none intend or attempt to furnish. The real purpose is to purchase land in a large tract and subdivide it among the members and thus enable them to get lots suitable for homesteads at… Read More
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Kokugun Zenzu [Japan] [Complete Atlas of the Provinces and Districts of Japan] / 国郡全図
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Kokugun Zenzu [Japan] [Complete Atlas of the Provinces and Districts of Japan] / 国郡全図

by Ichikawa, Tokei

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Osaka and Edo: Kawachiya Kihe et al. and Eirakuya Toshiro, 1837. Second Edition. Trade paperback. Good. This is the second edition of one of the crowning achievements of Japanese Edo-period mapmaking, a five-color woodblock atlas of the provinces of Japan. The maps are printed in light blue, dark blue, black, yellow, and red and mark administrative divisions (villages, provinces, counties), roads, stations, historical places, shrines, and temples. This atlas was adapted by Tokei Ichikawa from the large and accurate map of Japan made by Sekisui Nagakubo in 1773. This format, first published in 1828, was intended for desktop use according to the introduction. Most of the provinces are depicted on two facing sheets, with one province per map. The scale varies, with each map resized to fit it in the allotted space. For more information, see the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan catalog record: "It is considered the masterpiece of atlases of Japan's political divisions."… Read More
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