Inoue Mohei (井上茂兵衛)
Inoue Mohei (井上茂兵衛; 1852 - 1927) was a Japanese cartographer and publisher active in the Meiji period. At the end of the nineteenth century, he served as the head of the Tokyo Jihon Engraving Sales Association (東京地本彫画営業組合), a descendent of the publishers' guilds (地本問屋) that produced ukiyo-e, popular literature, and other essential cultural production of the Tokugawa era. Inoue generally produced nishiki-e (錦絵), an elaborated form of ukiyo-e that were very popular during the Meiji period and which often depicted the introduction or influence of foreign technology, fashion, and ideas in Japan.
AKA: 井上茂兵衛
Curious Bilingual Map of Yokohama.
改正橫濱明細全圖 / Map of Yokohama.
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A scarce, colorful bilingual 1878 map of Yokohama, Japan, edited by Yamamura Seisuke and published by Inoue Mohei. It depicts the city nearly twenty years after its opening as Japan's main outlet for trade and interaction with the outside world, and demonstrates how internationalized it had become in that short period. (more details)
Meiji-era Tokyo.
明細改正東京新圖 / [Detailed, Revised New Map of Tokyo].
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This is a stunning and detailed 1887 city plan of Tokyo produced by Inoue Katsugorō. It highlights the city's growth during the Meiji era and its division into wards and neighborhoods. (more details)