(JAPAN.) Large colorful manuscript map of a region in Ecchu province, being a farming plan of Yada village, 57 1/2x97 inches (1460x2465 mm); minor loss along central vertical fold where sheets joined. Japan, circa 1850
Japanese manuscript maps of this size are extremely scarce. This particular map is described and pictured in Katsunosuke Showa's Ecchu Fushiki Chiri Shiko, page 126, published in Japan in 1991 - a copy of which is included in the lot.
