Mutsu Province 4/4—Aomori & Matsumae, Japan—Ichikawa Tōkei woodblock map c1837

c.1837 (second issue, with a colophon dated Tenpō 8, 1837, in the lower volume; first issued 1828)

Ichikawa Tōkei (市川東谿, 1765–1838), compiler/cartographer; personal name Motonobu (元宣), also known as Aou Tōkei (青生東谿) and Aou Motonobu (青生元宣; also romanised Aoo). Tōhekidō (東壁堂; Eirakuya Tōshirō, 永楽屋東四郎), Nagoya, publisher.

Kokugun zenzu (國郡全圖, "Complete maps of the provinces and districts"), upper volume (上巻), compiled by Ichikawa Tōkei (1765–1838; personal name Motonobu), named in the atlas as Aou Tōkei (青生東谿). Nagoya: Tōhekidō (東壁堂; Eirakuya Tōshirō), with associated publishers in Osaka, Kyoto and Edo, c.1837. Second issue, with a colophon dated Tenpō 8 (1837), tenth month, in the lower volume; first issued by the author in 1828. The geographical outlines follow Nagakubo Sekisui’s Kaisei Nihon yochi rotei zenzu (改正日本輿地路程全図), as acknowledged in the atlas’s own preface and explanatory notes.

Good; suitable for framing. Age toning, slightly uneven in places. The size stated is the approximate size of the map sheet if joined, however the map will be supplied as two separate sheets, unjoined. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain

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