Jun 02, 2011 - Sale 2249

Sale 2249 - Lot 77

Price Realized: $ 390
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(JAPAN.) KAGEYAMA Chikykô. Map of buildings South of Kyobashi. (Kyobashi minami-chiku chiezu zen). Folding color woodblock map, 500x540 mm sheet size; minor staining; folds into the original small folder with paper title label present. Tokyo: Kinrido, Owwariya Seishichi, 1849 (Kaei 2)

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Kyobashi is the common abbreviation for Kyoto Bridge, a general name for the low-lying area that is one of the key commercial districts of Edo. This in one of the more important section maps (kiri-e-zu) of a number of pocket maps issued by the publisher which covered all of Edo (Tokyo).