Sale 21BP01 | Lot 1111

[MAP] TAKASHIBA, SANYU. Edo no zu [Map of Tokyo].

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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[MAP] TAKASHIBA, SANYU. Edo no zu [Map of Tokyo].

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Lot 1111
[MAP] TAKASHIBA, SANYU. Edo no zu [Map of Tokyo].
Tokyo: circa 1850. Early (probably original) paper wrappers with label in Japanese, housed in a modern case with bone clasps. 28 x 38 inches plus flap at bottom (71 x 96 cm); sheet folded into 16 panels, plus folding panel at bottom, printed in color woodcut. A few separations starting on folds, some wear to covers, in general a presentable copy.
Takashiba's map is a remarkably accurate production, of great historical interest as it shows the landholdings of the various great feudal lords, as well as the Imperial Palace and compounds on which the map is centered. Also shown are the villages in which the ethnic Japanese who worked in trades that were considered unclean under the Tokugawa caste system; these workers (tanners, butchers, undertakers, executioners and the like, mostly occupations that were associated with death) were referred to collectively as Burakumin. Their outcast status was unofficial but understood, and despite the abolishment of Burakumin status in 1871, they continued (and continue) to be stigmatized and discriminated against.

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