Jun 23, 2022 - Sale 2610

Sale 2610 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 1,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(TOKYO.) Group of 3 color-printed folding maps. Japan, vd

Additional Details

Tokyo Ezu. Color-printed engraved map of Tokyo on 4 sheets joined, 27 3/4x38 inches overall with a small flap depicting the city's fire brigades attached at lower left; folding into original yellow paper self-wrappers with printed paper label; minor wear. Meiji 8 (1875).

Tokyo Zenzu. Color-printed engraved map of Tokyo with an inset of Yokohama and vignette border panels. 2 sheets joined, 20 1/2x29 inches overall, folding into publisher's cloth-backed printed board covers; minor wear. Meiji 24 (1891).

Relief Information Bureau of the Tokyo Imperial University. Map of the Fire of Tokyo. Color-printed map of Tokyo detailing the origination of the fires caused by the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, the direction of the fire's spread, and the numbers of residents who died as a result. 31x43 inches overall; minor wear at fold intersections. Taisho 12 (1923).