Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan

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[Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan]

[Shuntōsai (Okada Suigetsudō)] ... [et al.] [illustrated by].

[Japan: various publishers, ca. late Edo to early Meiji period (1840-60s)?].

A set of five maps of locations in Japan, copperplate-printed in the late Edo period to early Meiji period. The set includes one map of the city of Kyoto, one of the city of Osaka, one of the 53 stations of the Tōkaidō Road and the Ise pilgrimage (featuring four cartouches), one featuring famous landmarks in Ise, and one "newly etched map" of the Kinki area. The map of Kyoto was produced by Gengendō Rokuzan and the prints of Ise, Osaka, and the Tōkaidō by Shuntōsai (Okada Suigetsudō) around Ansei 2 (1855). The map of the Kinki area is attributed to Matsuda Ryūtei (sometimes referred to as the third generation Gengendō). Three of the maps are mounted; the remaining two are loose. A nice collection of finely etched and printed maps produced in Japan.

Five maps (three mounted and two loose). Occasional browning, rubbing, marks, small holes and tears, and washi paper repairs. One small wormhole to one print, washi paper mounting strips to the verso of another. Sizes vary, but none of the leaves are larger than 10 x 16 cm (not including the mountings).

Five copperplate-printed maps of places in Japan
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