Art, Symbol & Imagination
District Map of Edo
A dense network of roads and waterways divides the map into named districts. Fine labels place Yotsuya among other familiar parts of the former Edo. The map gives geographical context to the locations discussed in the book’s account of O’Iwa.
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Map maker not identified. "District Map of Edo" [editorial title]. In The Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa Inari, Retold from the Japanese originals by James S. de Benneville. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1917; retold from Japanese originals by James S. de Benneville., 1917, Press of J. B. Lippincott Company. Source scan leaf 21. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0446-0021
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Map maker not identified. District Map of Edo. The Yotsuya Kwaidan; or, O'Iwa Inari. Scan leaf 21. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0446-0021