蝦夷国全図. Ezozukoku Zenzu . Complete Maps of Ezo Hokkaido . Cover Title . Two Maps

by Expanding Knowledge Of Japan'S Northern Borderlands - Hayashi

A$6,000 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Japan . Undated . Stock ID #218442 Two handsome large ink and watercolour manuscript maps of Ezo. This first is an Edo period manuscript copy of Hayashi Shihei's map of the Ezo modern day Hokkaido , showing the northeastern tip of Honshu, Manchuria as a large landmass along the lower border, and the island of Sakhalin. The Russian territory of Kamchatka is also shown. Drawn on a single washi sheet and hand coloured in yellow, sea in blue and

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