The Scenic Route? The Library’s 117-foot Map from 17th-century Japan
Posted by: Neely Tucker
One of the largest maps in the Library is the Tokaido bunken-ezu, a 117-foot, 17th-century Japanese map painted on two scrolls. It shows, in pen-and-ink detail, the rivers, mountains, forests and towns on the 319-mile route from Edo (now known as Tokyo) to Kyoto.
Posted in: Asian Division, Geography and Maps Division, LCM, Maps
