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    Magnae Tartariae magni mogolis imperii Iaponiae et Chinae nova descriptio. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in De Wit's Atlas. LC copy stamped on: 493. Mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Wit, Frederik De
    • Date: 1680-01-01
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    [Osaka ōezu. Catalog Record Only Scale not given. Facsimile. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Pictorial map. Shows some land ownership. Includes distance chart. AACR2: 651/1
    • Contributor: Nakao Shōsendō Shoten - Hoyashi, Yoshinoga
    • Date: 1691
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    Eiri Edo ōezu.
    ゑ入江戶大絵圖 Catalog Record Only     Cover title. Woodblock print, hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Portions of margins missing. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows land ownership. "Ayamaru o aratame ... teire hankōsu." Includes text, inset of eastern portion of Edo, and descriptive listing in daimyo showing ceremonial halberds. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Hyōshiya Ichirōb
    • Date: 1686
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    Edo ōezu, eiri
    江戶大繪圖・繪入 /     Cover title. Wood block print, hand colored. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. Includes distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650/1; 651/2
    • Contributor: Hayashi, Yoshinaga
    • Date: 1683-01-01
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    Kan'ei jūyonen hyakushō ikki, Amakusajō
    寬永十四年百姓一揆・天草城 | Alternate title: Shimabarajō kōgekizu Catalog Record Only     Title from cover. Map of Shimabara uprising 1637-1638, Hara castle, inscribed 1773. Pictorial map. Manuscript: Watercolors and text by ink. Selected buildings shown pictorially. The Shimabara Rebellion took place from December 11, 1637 (Kan'ei 14) to December 15, 1638 (Kan'ei 15); publication date inferred from the date An'ei 2 (1773) in text. Map depicts the general attack by the daimyōs (feudal lords); Hosokawa, Matsudaira,...
    • Date: 1637
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    Kōyasan no zu.
    高野山之圖 | Meisho Kōyasan ezu Catalog Record Only     Wood block print. Oriented with north to the left. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Bird's-eye-view. Vault AACR2: 650/1 "蓮花谷三味院御菴堂"--In note.
    • Contributor: Hayashi, Yoshinaga
    • Date: 1681
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    Bushū Toshima-gun Edo shōzu.
    武州豊嶋郡江戶庄圖 | Bushū Toshima Gōri Edo no shōzu | Bushū Toshima-gun Edo-shō zu     On cover, annotated in black ink: Edo ōezu. Title on label on cover: Kan'ei Edo kozu. Cadastral map showing land ownership in central Tokyo. Presumably original map created in Kan'ei Period (1630 or 1631), reprinted in Tenwa Period (1681-83). Relief shown pictorially. Wood block print. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Pictorial map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as...
    • Date: 1682-01-01
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    Richard M. Look map collection. Catalog Record Only The collection consists of 218 maps that primarily depict Japan. Most items are Army Map Service (AMS) and tourist maps; other maps depict subways, parks, and cities in Japan. Additional maps depict locations in North America.
    • Contributor: United States. Army Map Service - Look, Richard M. (Richard Millard)
    • Date: 1691
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    O-Edo ōezu
    御江戶大繪圖 / Catalog Record Only     Scale ca. 1:8,000. Wood block print, hand colored. Cover title. Oriented with north to the right. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. Includes inset of Kameido district. Vault AACR2: 650/1; 651/2
    • Contributor: Hayashi, Yoshinaga
    • Date: 1687
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    Ōsaka Fuyu no Jin tōzai ryōgun haifu no zu
    大坂冬陣東西両軍配布之圖 / Catalog Record Only     Showing plans of Osaka Winter Operation 1614 with the Osaka castle in the center, and all military units positioning of Toyotomi daimyōs.
    • Date: 1614
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    Nihon bunkeizu
    日本分形圖 | Title in preface: Nihonzu | Nihon bunkei zu Catalog Record Only     Japan's first atlas published in Kanbun 6 (1666), consisting of 1 preface, 16 provincial maps, and the accompanying text describes routes on the maps and includes such information as statistics for rice production and distances between various points by land and sea. On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji). Covers Aomori to Kyūshū and Tsushima. Title from case. Oriented with north to the right. Shows...
    • Contributor: Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1666
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    Tabula Tartariae et majoris partis regni Chinae Catalog Record Only Relief shown pictorially. LC copy stamped on: 493. Darkened, brittle, missing parts of margins, and mounted on cloth.
    • Contributor: Luillier, J. - Wit, Frederik De
    • Date: 1680
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    Minamata Tenaga Mategata shin shiohama, tomode hidariya ishigaki rangui deki ezu
    水俣手永馬刀潟新塩浜, 塘手左屋石垣乱杭出来繪圖     Pictorial map. Minamata salt evaporation fields map. Manuscript: Watercolors and title by ink. Selected buildings shown pictorially. Map shows salt fields surrounded by Minamata River, the land surrounded by newly-formed stone walls and wall piles; shows huts, shrine "Shiogama Daimyōjin," local government office buildings; some individual names, onwer's names are written on pieces of paper and pasted on base map. Title on verso. Place...
    • Date: 1667
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    Iapan I.
    Japan Island | Iland of Iapan | Island of Japan Catalog Record Only     Relief shown pictorially. "The Island of Japan"--in margin. Shows provinces, major towns, mountains, islands, and seas. Covers Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Bar scales given in "milliaria Germanica." Page no. "881"--In top right corner of sheet. Text on verso, "The Iland Iapan." LC copy has note attached, "Historia Mundi or Mercator's atlas, I. Handy London 1635." LC copy has notes on folder, "Philipps 451/4255," "Property...
    • Contributor: Hondius, Jodocus
    • Date: 1635
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    Novvs atlas Sinensis
    Novus atlas Sinensis     Covers 16 provinces of China, Korea, and Japan. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text. List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 3186 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. On verso of shelflist card: At the end of the atlas are "Byvoeghsel van't koninckryck Catay; door I. G.," xviii p., and "Historie van den Tartarischen oorlog," 40...
    • Contributor: Martini, Martino
    • Date: 1655

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    Sunpu kozu
    駿府古圖 Catalog Record Only     Manuscript map, the copier and the date not known. Brush-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the upper right. Five colors used; brown for temples and shrines, yellow for 'samurai' houses (with their names), blue for rivers and streams, green for mountains, grey for 'machiya', etc. Includes street name guide, with number of houses in each area. On verso of the...
    • Date: 1607
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    Sunshū fuchū oshiro no zu.
    駿州府中御城之圖     Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows the plan, and the layout of the Sunpujō castle in Shizuoka-shi, Japan. Ms. the copier and the date not known. Title from title piece mounted on cover. "Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku zōhon ni yori eisha." Copy has a label "Isseido Tōkyō Kanda" mounted on verso of the map. Copy has a previous owner's seal "Sasamori Bunko" stamped. Available also through the...
    • Contributor: Tōkyō Teikoku Daigaku
    • Date: 1607-01-01
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    Nihon kaisan chōrikuzu
    日本海山潮陸図 / | Nihon sankai zudō taizen     Title from Nihon koezu shūsei, suppl., p. 103. Title on label mounted on case: Nihon-koku sōzu. Wood block print; hand colored. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows feudal fiefs. "Wachō no zukei sakizaki ōshi ima mata dōro meisho tō taigai kakikuwae kaihan seshimuru mono nari." Includes lists of shrines and place names, 2 seasonal diagrs., and distance...
    • Contributor: Sagamiya, Tah - Ishikawa, Tomonobu
    • Date: 1691
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    Nova et accvrata Iaponiae, terrae Esonis ac insularum adjacentium ex novissima detectione descriptio Catalog Record Only Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Also covers Korea. Item 49 in LC G&M Leo Belgicus exhibit, Nov. 1993 to May 1994. Probable atlas plate with central fold line. Includes col. ill. of ships at sea and illuminated col. ill. of figures around title and scale cartouches. Text titled "La isle de Iapon" on verso of some copies. LC copy 1 torn, taped,...
    • Contributor: Jansson, Jan
    • Date: 1650
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    Nihon kaisan chōrikuzu
    日本海山潮陸図 / | Nihon sankai zudō taizen     Title "Nihon sankai zudō taizen" from Nihon koezu shūsei, suppl., p. 103. Facsimile. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. "Wachō no zukei sakizaki ōshi ima mata dōro meisho tō taigai kakikuwae kaihan seshimuru mono nari." Shows fuedal fiefs. Includes distance chart, list of important place names and shrines, and chart of seasonal changes. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: Sagamiya, Tah - Ishikawa, Tomonobu
    • Date: 1691
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    Edo ōezu, eiri
    江戶大絵図, 絵入 /     Scale approximately 1:10,000. Manuscript map in watercolor, hand colored, wood block print. Covers Edo Castle and the surrounding area. Cover title. Oriented with north to the right. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault Publication date hand written in note,"延寶六年辰ノ五日吉日." Includes distance chart from Nihonbashi, "日本橋ヨリ・かうぢ町 ... 三十二丁." Identical map in Tokyo...
    • Contributor: Nakamura, Ichiemon
    • Date: 1676
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    Genna Kanʾei no koro Edo ezu Catalog Record Only Cover title. Manuscript. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. Pictorial map. Shows Edo during the periods of Genna (1615-1623) and Kanʾei (1624-1643). Vault AACR2
    • Date: 1643
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    Shinsen zōho Kyō ōezu
    新撰増補京大絵図 / | Kyō ōezu     Title from Nihon koezu shūsei, 1974, suppl., p. 102. Wood block print, hand colored. LC copy imperfect: Has worm holes. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. Shows selected landowners and points of interest. Includes text and distance chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 650; 651
    • Contributor: Hayashi, Yoshinaga
    • Date: 1686-01-01
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    Osaka fuyu no gojinzu : Genwa Gannen u Satsuki.
    大坂冬御陣圖 : 元和元年卯五月 | Osaka gojinzu Catalog Record Only     Title and notes from the vendor, G.B. Manasek, Inc.: The fall of Osaka Castle and the beginning of Edo period, Japan. Depicts the deployment of both Toyotomi and Tokugawa forces in winter of 1614 and summer of 1615. Shows Osaka Castle, harbor, local terrain, changes in troop location, and alterations in defenses of Osaka Castle. Manuscript. Stamped with seal of Matsudaira family archives (Matsudaira...
    • Date: 1614
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    Edo ōezu
    江戶大繪圖 /     Cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north to the right. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. LC copy annotated in black ink in upper right corner. Reduced ed. of official map compiled by Hōjō Awa no Kami. Includes text and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2 Note in upper right mentions Edo (Tokyo) big...
    • Contributor: Ochikochi Dōin
    • Date: 1676-01-01