??????? / Dai Nihon dokushi chizu [= Japanese historical atlas]

Yoshida, Togo, and Korehito Ashida

Published by Fuzanbou, Tokyo, 1939

About this Item

Eighth printing, large 8vo, pp. [2], 4, 4, 27, [3]; 1 folding plate, 82 color maps, 23 of which are single-page and the rest are double; original black buckram, gilt title on cover and spine; covers lightly soiled, occasional light foxing, 4 maps with unobtrusive edits in red pencil, very good. Maps included range in subject, illustrating political boundaries, colonial territories, historic city plans, the route of Date Masamune's world tour, military campaigns, and so on. The compilers were both prominent historical geographers. Yoshida in particular is best known for his 11 volume "Great Japanese Place Name Dictionary" which was Japan's first national topography. The first edition was published in 1935. About 6 copies of this edition in OCLC, with about 50 copies total for all editions.

Seller Inventory # 64992

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ??????? / Dai Nihon dokushi chizu [= Japanese historical atlas]
• Publisher: Fuzanbou, Tokyo
• Publication Date: 1939
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cartography
  • Asia
  • Japan