Tsuruoka – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Sat, 07 May 2016 11:55:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Tsuruoka – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Chidō Museum Exhibit Features Huge Map of Northeastern Japan https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/05/chido-museum-exhibit-features-huge-map-of-northeastern-japan/ Sat, 07 May 2016 11:55:37 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1879 More]]> An exhibition at the Chidō Museum in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture features a huge (11 m × 5 m) mid-17th-century map of northeastern Japan, the Asahi Shimbun reports: “It is a copy of the Dewa Ikkoku no Ezu picture map, which was jointly compiled by feudal domains controlling the region stretching from today’s Yamagata Prefecture to neighboring Akita Prefecture.” [WMS]

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