Woodblock Print Pocket Map

Description:

Woodblock Print Pocket Map, Japan, Gountei Sadahide (1807-1873),with eight sheets bound as a chuban-size accordion book, each entitled Tokaido Meisho no Uchi Yokohama Fukei, each sheet 9 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.

Provenance: Property of the photographer Orrin Freeman, who owned a dry goods and Shanghai imports store in Yokohama, by descent to present owner.
Estimate $800-1,200

some creases, stains, minor tears and wears.


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