Yamashiroya Heisuke (sold) (山城屋平助)
Yamashiroya Heisuke (山城屋平助; fl. c. 1848 - 1854) was a woodblock printer and publisher based in Edo (Tokyo) in the late Tokugawa period. He is best known for his maps of Edo published with Takashiba San'yū (高柴三雄圖之), but also published illustrations and books, including didactic works geared towards young women.
AKA: 山城屋平助
The thriving capital of Tokugawa Japan.
[Edo - Tokyo].
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This is a large, colorful, and highly detailed 1854 Takashiba San'yū map of Edo, now Tokyo, the capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It depicts the sprawling urban center of Edo and its environs on the eve of dramatic changes that would unsettle Japanese society and lead to the downfall of the Tokugawa. (more details)