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Tōkaidō bunkenzu : 1-bu o motte 1-chō ni ateru.
Summary
Shows road between Edo (Tokyo) to Kyoto.
Pictorial map.
Relief shown pictorially.
Title from title piece mounted on scroll.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Orientation varies.
Worm holes in the map.
Stamped on: Kantōkaku [?]; possibly owned by Matsudaira Yorihiro, 1703-1763.
Not listed in Kokusho sōmokuroku and Kotenseki sōgō mokuroku; Kokusho sōmokuroku v. 6, p. 14 (Tōkaidō bunken ezu, 5-jō; variants: Tōkaidō kōmoku bunken no zu, Tōkaidō bunken no zu; auth. Ochikochi Dōin cho, Hishikawa Moronobu ga, Genroku 3 [1690] kan).
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Ancient Maps from the Library of Congress. 13th -18th Century Maps.
In the 17th century, maps took a huge leap forward. Mathematical and astronomical knowledge necessary to make accurate measurements had evolved. English mathematicians had perfected triangulation: navigation and surveying by right-angled triangles. Triangulation allowed navigators to set accurate courses and produced accurate land surveys. Seamen learned to correct their compasses for declination and had determined the existence of annual compass variation. Latitude determination was greatly improved with the John Davis quadrant. The measurement of distance sailed at sea was improved by another English invention, the common log. Longitudinal distance between Europe and Québec was determined by solar and lunar eclipses by the Jesuit Bressani in the 1640s and by Jean Deshayes in 1686. With accurate surveys in Europe, the grid of the modern map began to take shape.
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