Hiroshima – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:59:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Hiroshima – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Map Donated to Hiroshima Museum Is One of the Oldest Known Maps of Japan https://www.maproomblog.com/2018/09/map-donated-to-hiroshima-museum-is-one-of-the-oldest-known-maps-of-japan/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:59:26 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1786235 More]]> A map recently donated to the Hiroshima Prefectural Museum of History has been dated to the mid-14th century, making it one of the oldest maps of Japan, The Mainichi reports. “It was previously believed that a map in the ‘Shugaisho’ encyclopedia from 1548 was the oldest known map covering the whole of Japan. While Ninna-ji temple in Kyoto also holds a map of Japan dating to 1305, it does not cover the western part of the country.” The map is on display at the museum until September 24. [Tony Campbell]

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