Okadaya Kashichi (sold) (岡田屋嘉七)
Okadaya Kashichi (岡田屋嘉七; fl. c. 1658 - 1874) was a prominent Tokyo-based publishing house that produced works in a wide variety of fields, including songs, maps, and books on Nichiren Buddhism. As was conventional for the Edo period, the publishing house is likely named for its founder, whose name continued to be used after his death.
AKA: 岡田屋嘉七
The metropolis of Edo, near the end of the Tokugawa period.
安政改正 府鄉御江戶繪圖 / [Sketch Map of the City and Villages of Edo, Ansei Revised Edition].
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This is a large, stunning, and detailed c. 1855 Takashiba San'yū map of Edo, the capital of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It shows the sprawling urban center of Edo and its environs on the eve of dramatic changes that would unsettle Japanese society and lead to the 1868 downfall of the Tokugawa. (more details)