Suharaya Ichibei (須原屋市兵衛)
Suharaya Ichibei (須原屋市兵衛; c. 1762 - 1823) was a Japanese publisher of the Edo period particularly well-known for publishing works of the Rangaku (Dutch Learning) School and other controversial publications. Ichibei's eponymous publishing firm was an offshoot branch (norenwake) of the very prominent publisher Suharaya Mohē. Ichibei's publications included a c. 1785 geographical text by Hayashi Shihei (Sangoku Tsuran Zusetsu) which was banned by the shogunate, with the woodblocks confiscated and Ichibei heavily fined. The firm also suffered heavy damage in the 1806 Great Bunka Fire, from which it never fully recovered. From 1811, it only published in collaboration with other publishing houses, and ceased operation with the death of the founder's grandson in 1823.
AKA: 須原屋市兵衛
Underground Manuscript Map of Japan's Northern Frontier.
蝦夷國全圖 / [Complete Map of Ezo].
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A vividly colored and historically significant c. 1785 Hayashi Shihei manuscript map of Ezo (today's Hokkaido) and environs, including the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin, and part of Manchuria. Based on the earliest detailed Japanese surveys of Ezo, this map is one of the most important maps of the Edo period, an early manifestation of a Japanese-Russian territorial struggle that is still disputed. (more details)