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Saimei Tenno Roku-nen To [Korea and Japan at the Time of Empress Saimei’s Reign (660 CE)]. Japan: [Edo period, c.1823].
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HIYAMA Tansai (publisher, fl.1815-1823)
Saimei Tenno Roku-nen To [Korea and Japan at the Time of Empress Saimei’s Reign (660 CE)]. Japan: [Edo period, c.1823].
Striking colour fold out woodblock historical map of Korea and Japan. This is a map from an early 19th-century Japanese historical atlas showing the Korean peninsula and Japan at the time of the 6th year of Empress Saimei’s reign (660 CE). The considerable amount of Japanese text on the map describes the conflict on the Korean Peninsla among Kogryo, Silla, Paekche (Japan’s ally), Tang China, Japan. In 660 CE, Paekche fell, conquered by Silla in alliance with the Tang emperor, though until then it had been Japan’s most faithful ally on the peninsula. The map is from Honcho Kokugun Kenchi Enkaku Zusetsu (Illustrated Establishment and Development of Provinces and Countries in Japan), published by Hiyama Tansai in 1823.
Woodblock map of East Asia, ink and colour on native paper, texts in Chinese and Japanese, four sheets joint together, including a small sheet attached to the upper left corner and the upper part of the right margin respectively, approx. 565 x 635 mm overall. Title on the upper right corner, long inscription above the map of Japan. Japan coloured in yellow and greyish blue, Korea in pink and blue, and China in pink (browning along folds, some fold separation, wormholes repaired).
Saimei Tenno Roku-nen To [Korea and Japan at the Time of Empress Saimei’s Reign (660 CE)]. Japan: [Edo period, c.1823].
Striking colour fold out woodblock historical map of Korea and Japan. This is a map from an early 19th-century Japanese historical atlas showing the Korean peninsula and Japan at the time of the 6th year of Empress Saimei’s reign (660 CE). The considerable amount of Japanese text on the map describes the conflict on the Korean Peninsla among Kogryo, Silla, Paekche (Japan’s ally), Tang China, Japan. In 660 CE, Paekche fell, conquered by Silla in alliance with the Tang emperor, though until then it had been Japan’s most faithful ally on the peninsula. The map is from Honcho Kokugun Kenchi Enkaku Zusetsu (Illustrated Establishment and Development of Provinces and Countries in Japan), published by Hiyama Tansai in 1823.
Woodblock map of East Asia, ink and colour on native paper, texts in Chinese and Japanese, four sheets joint together, including a small sheet attached to the upper left corner and the upper part of the right margin respectively, approx. 565 x 635 mm overall. Title on the upper right corner, long inscription above the map of Japan. Japan coloured in yellow and greyish blue, Korea in pink and blue, and China in pink (browning along folds, some fold separation, wormholes repaired).
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