Revised Travel Road Map in Japan, antique map of Japan North America and a note by an

and a note by an area called "The Quicksands" that reads "an extensive and very dangerous bank

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Revised Travel Road Map in Japan, antique map of Japan North America and a note by anA very interesting and long folding travel map of Japan. This is a woodblock print circa late 18th century. The map is titled, Kaisei nihon dch kteikimeaning "Revised Travel Road Map in Japan." By the mid Edo period in the 18th century, it was common tradition for commoners to pay visits for famous shrines, at least once in their lifetime, and thus there was a huge demand for travel goods, including precise maps like yours. There seemed to have been