1699- KYOTO- IMPERIAL CITY PLAN- FABULOUS - VERY LARGE EXTREMELY RARE MAP BY HAYASHI- PRIOR TO THE GREAT FIRE Start Price USD 11,500.00 Current Price USD 11,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 29, 2008 Location Faro See more about '1699- KYOTO- IMPERIAL CITY PLAN- FABULOUS - VERY LARGE' Description EXTREMELY RARE MAP OF THE IMPERIAL CITY OF JAPAN   KYOTO   PRINTED 1699 (or before)   BY Yoshinaga Hayashi   VERY LARGE CITY PLAN PRINTED PRIOR TO THE GREAT FIRE OF 1788       Size (unfolded): about 160 x 120 cm (or about 63 x 47 inches), folds to 24 x 16 cm. Details: Original hand-coloured woodblock, original blue wrappers with title in Japanese.  Printed on native paper. Condition: Overall very good condition with minor foxing, binding rubbed, other insignificant defects.  Old handwritten annotation on the binding stating “Miaco” and crossing “Edo”   (please see photos).    Fantastic map of Kyoto, Imperial capital of  Japan and the Imperial Family’s residence until 1868.  The city was ravaged and destroyed by a great  fire in 1788.      This city plan of Kyoto (or Miaco) was printed by Yoshinaga Hayashi in 1699 (or some years before).  The first known city plan of Kyoto dates from around 1674.  It is particularly interesting for its great detail of the shrines, temples, palaces, principal roads, bridges, and others.  It was also used as a guide for tourists or visitors to locate the 250 Shinto shrines and 1600 Buddhist temples.   Hayashi started publishing maps in the late 17th century, namely a map of Tokyo (Edo) in 1680.  It continued printing maps until the middle of the 18th century.        Yoshinaga Hayashi was a leading map publisher.  The publisher productions are regarded as the finest examples of Japanese cartography of the period. Early maps of Kyoto (prior to the fire of 1788) are quite valuable.  17th century plans are unobtainable specially in such fine condition.     For digital examples of an important collection of Japanese maps (this plan not present): http://www.davidrumsey.com/japan/view.html       Place a Bid!