Hand map of Yokohama—settlement before 1866 fire—English naval yard—Dennys 1867
£400
SKU: P-8-007073
'Hand map of Yokohama.'
A red-printed street plan of Yokohama before the fire of 26 November 1866, showing the canal-bounded settlement, Bund, Main Street, Benten Dori, Curio Street, Custom House, naval yard, landings, consulates, hotels, Gankiro and undeveloped swamp behind the town. Since opening in 1859, Yokohama had become the chief outlet for raw silk and tea and the principal meeting point for the shogunate, foreign ministers, merchants and warships. The canal defined and helped control the foreign quarter, where trade, diplomacy, accommodation and entertainment clustered around the landings. A printed note specifies that the buildings shown pre-date the catastrophic fire, adding that reconstruction was expected to preserve the street layout. Issued in 1867 during rebuilding and the final Tokugawa crisis, the plan preserves a precisely dated view of the first settlement immediately before destruction. Exceptionally scarce: our research located no other separate dealer or auction record for this map.
Size 24 x 35 cm | 9.5 x 14.0 inches
Date Published: 1867
Type: Antique woodblock-printed city/settlement plan in red
Author: Mayers, Dennys & King
Publication: The Treaty Ports of China and Japan
Condition: Good |
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