1837 ANONYMOUS - Atlas of Provinces and Counties of Japan. (volumes 1- 2).
Aou, Tōkei. Kokugun Zenzu [Atlas of Provinces and Counties of Japan]. (volume 1-2).
| Maker: | ANONYMOUS | |
| Date: | [Nagoya]: Tōheidō, Tenpō 8 = 1837 | |
| Colored: | Printed colors. | |
| Size: | 280 x 200 mm / 11 x 7.9 inches | |
| Condition: | Two volumes. Printed on double leaves. Volume I: [29], 41 double-page maps; vol. II: [5], 34 double-page maps, [blank], [3] pages. Yellow stiff stitched wrappers, damaged. Printed on double leaves oriental style (fukurotoji). | |
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Tokei Ichikawa adapted this atlas from the large and accurate map of Japan made by Sekisui Nagakubo in 1773. This format, first published in 1828, was intended for desktop use, according to the introduction. Most of the provinces are depicted on two facing sheets, with one province per map. The scale varies, with each map resized to fit it in the allotted space.
One of the maps is somewhat curious and is grounds to a present-day conflict about territory between Japan and Korea; the atlas shows that Japan did not regard Dokdo as Japanese territory before it annexed Korea in 1905. The preface says the maps cover 66 feudal states under the Tokugawa Shogunate and two islands -- Ikishima and Tsushima. At the time, the shogunate ordered complete maps of Japan and they are made by Six cartographers.
The maps in this atlas are elaborately drawn, with the seas painted in blue, the lands green, and major cities yellow. Even tiny islands and submerged rocks in the seas are described.
But there is no mention nor depiction of Dokdo anywhere. It is not indicated even in a separate map of Okishima.
For more information, see the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan catalog record: "It is considered the masterpiece of atlases of Japan's political divisions." [日本総図を分割した地図帳のうち、最高傑作とされる.]
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