The kuniezu (
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In 1983, two of these map sets—the Genroku Kuniezu and the Tempō Kuniezu—were designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan.[3][4]
Shōhō Kuniezu
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Work on the Shōhō Kuniezu (
Genroku Kuniezu
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The scale of the maps reduced "ri" (3927m) to 6 "sun" (18 cm) [about 1/21,600 scale]. Each map showed mountains, rivers, roads and other landmarks.[3] Road milestones and names of villages with recognized yields of rice were recorded. Castle towns were recorded with the names of local area and names of the lords of the castles.[3]
The maps served as a comprehensive record of the region's statistics with legends showing colours of the counties and colour coding the yield of rice achieved from each county. Some maps even featured gridlines and the number of villages in each county featured on the bottom of the maps.[6]
Some considered this set of maps as inferior to the previous ones which had been ordered. The Genroku maps were corrected in 1719 (Kyōhō 4).[5]
This was the first complete set of provincial maps that included both Ezo and the Ryūkyū Kingdom,[7] which at that time, was a vassal state of the Satsuma Domain.
Tempō Kuniezu
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Work on the Tempō Kuniezu (
References
edit- ^ Traganeou, p. 37 n26.
- ^ ja:
江戸 幕府 の地図 事業 - ^ a b c d e National Archives of Japan (NAJ), "Genroku Kuniezu" Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2013-5-20.
- ^ a b National Archives of Japan (NAJ), "Tempō Kuniezu" Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2013-5-20.
- ^ a b Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.
- ^ "Tempo Kuniezu".
- ^ Fassbender, Bardo et al. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law, p. 483; John Brian Harley et al. (1987). The History of Cartography, p. 397 n211; excerpt, "The maps are reproduced in color in Ryūkyū kuniezu shiryōshū [
琉球 国 絵図 史料 集 ] (Collected historical materials of provincial maps of Ryūkyū)..., 1992.