朝鮮八道之図. Chōsen hachidō no zu . A Map of the Eight Provinces of Korea

by Shihei Hayashi, 林子平

A$6,000 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Tokyo. No date. Late Edo. Stock ID #218441 Folding manuscript map, ink and watercolour, 82 x 61 cm, red chop at one edge. Evidence of worming mainly affecting the edges and central fold professionally strengthened with archival washi , tide-mark to the verso of the map and the wrappers, but an appealing example of this delicately executed and sought-after map of the Korean peninsula. A late Edo period hand-painted colour copy of one five maps produced

• Binding: Wrappers

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