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Title Page and Contents with the Names of the Provinces and Places Illustrated
Title Page and Contents with the Names of the Provinces and Places Illustrated
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Title Page and Contents with the Names of the Provinces and Places Illustrated

Printer (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Date1853, 7th month in the year of the Ox
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions34.3 x 22.9 cm (13 1/2 x 9 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.1392
DescriptionTitle page and contents with the names of the provinces and places illustrted, grouped according to their several departments, namely, the Go-Kinai, Tokaido, Tosando, Hokurokudo, San-in-do, San-yo-do, Nankaido, Saikaido, and Hokkai-do. This was designed to serve as a title-page and table of contents when the prints were bound in book form; or to be printed upon the wrapper when they were put up for sale in a packet.
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