Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), 1877
Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), 1877
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Hunting the Giant Octopus of Namekawa, Etchū Province from the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue.
Products of Greater Japan, 1877
Products of Greater Japan, 1877
Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (だいにっぽんぶっさんずえ)
Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (だいにっぽんぶっさんずえ)
(A series of 118 prints depicting various economic activities throughout Japan)
Overview
Overview
The woodblock print series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue, drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894), was published by the Tokyo-based publisher Ōkura Magobei on August 10, 1877. Each printed sheet in the series contained a pair of illustrations depicting regional scenes of farming, fishing, mining and other economic activities. Higuchi Hiromu, a collector of 19th-century nishiki-e, wrote in 1943 that there were 60 pairs (120 pictures) in the series, but only 118 are extant.1 There is also reference to over 100 pairs (200 pictures) being issued, based on the existence of prints in this series that carry numbers in their margin, some of which exceed the number 200. However, based upon the haphazard appearance of numbers on only the occasional print, these numbers appear to have no relationship to the total number of prints in the series and we can safely assume that only 59 pair (118 pictures) were issued.
The series' issuance date strongly suggests that their publication was timed for the August 21, 1877 opening of the first National Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) in Tokyo's Ueno Park. (See The 1877 First National Industrial Exhibition below.)
1 Picturing Westernization and Modernization: A Woodblock Print Collection from Late 19th Century Japan, Izumi Koide, June 16, 2006, a paper delivered at the WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 72ND IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/085-Koide-en.pdfThe Series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (Products of Greater Japan, 1877)
The Series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (Products of Greater Japan, 1877)
This series is also referred to as Dainippon Butsu-san Zukai (Pictures of Products and Industries of Japan) and is variously translated as Products of Greater Japan, Series of Greater Japan Products, Famous Products of Japan, Products of Japan, and Pictorial Record of Japanese Products, among others.
In all, 58 provinces (or regions) are represented in the series. Fifty-seven provinces are each represented by two prints, with Iyo Province being the one province represented by four prints. The names given for the provinces are those of the pre-Meiji era, sometimes referred to as the "old kuni". (A brief description of each of the old kuni can be found in the article Former Provinces of Japan.) As shown below, the prints for each province were printed together on a single ōban-size sheet of paper and then cut into separate chūban size sheets. Uncut sheets can sometimes be found, as in IHL Cat. #362 Producing Soy Sauce and Watermelon Field in Shimōsa Province shown below.
Example of uncut ōban-size sheet
14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 23.5 cm)
Most Prints Bound Into Books
Most Prints Bound Into Books
The printed sheets in ōban format (approximately 10 x 14 inches) were cut and sold as individual sheets or, as most were, cut and bound into books. There are two book formats, a book sized approximately 7 x 9 1/2 in. (18 x 24 cm.) which allowed the prints to lay flat and a book sized approximately 7 x 5 in. (18 x 13 cm) which required each print to be folded in half. An advertisement included at the end of one bound folding book says “Dai Nippon Bussan Zue, orihon zen 6 satsu,” namely that there were six books in the series. Extant books do not necessarily contain the same pictures in the same order and it seems that there was no fixed way of arranging the prints when they were bound together.
Example of a volume in which each print lays flat
Cover of one of two volumes of Dai Nippon Bussan Zue, each containing 42 prints
(Waseda University Library Archives http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/yo01/yo01_04265/)
One example of many types of bindings and distribution for this series.
Two pages from the above binding (Waseda University Library Archives)
Example of a volume in which each print is folded
In this bound set of 30 prints, each print is folded in half
Covers for volumes 1 and 2, each containing 30 prints folded in half
Signatures and Cartouches on the Prints
Signatures and Cartouches on the Prints
Most of the prints in the top half of the uncut ōban size sheet are signed "Hiroshige hitsu" in the bottom of its right margin and most of the bottom prints carry a cartouche in the left margin that gives Hiroshige III's address and his family name, Andō Tokubei, and the publisher's address and name, Ōkura Magobei, in a cartouche in the right margin, as shown below.
廣重筆
Hiroshige hitsu
画工
大鋸町四番地
安藤徳兵衛
gakō Ōga machi yon banchi,
Andō Tokubei
出版人
日本橋通一丁目十九番地 大倉孫兵衛
publisher, Nihobashi-dōri Itchōme 19-banchi, Ōkura Magobei
Borrowing of Scenes
Borrowing of Scenes
Source: Picturing Westernization and Modernization: A Woodblock Print Collection from Late 19th Century Japan, Izumi Koide, June 16, 2006, a paper delivered at the WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 72ND IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/085-Koide-en.pdf
These pictures show industrial scenes such as harvesting natural resources, processing crafts, shipping products, etc. in certain regions, and hence depicting local industry. In the history of Japanese drawings particularly for practical use, there were various genres of pictures: meisho-e described famous places such as temples, sight-seeing spots, etc.; shokunin-e depicted various professionals and how to make things; bussan-e were like pictorial encyclopedia for products; and hakubutsu-e were of things. The Dai Nippon Bussan Zue is a combination of these genres of picture. By presenting images of most regions in Japan systematically with respective local industries, products, and working people, it suggested the variety as well as commonality of the developing nation.
The pictures are of all regions of Japan (see Former Provinces of Japan) and it is unlikely that the artist traveled to each place. Some pictures of the series are “borrowed” from other pictures, a practice known as shakuyō. Some pictures were taken from Nihon Sankai Meisan Zue (Famous Sea and Land Products in Japan, first published in 1799), and others were from Kii Meisho Zue (Famous Places in the Kii Region) of the mid 19th century. There might exist other “originals” upon which pictures in the Dai Nippon Bussan Zue were based, as there were many other regional “famous places series.”
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Hiroshige III has covered the almost naked bodies of the men hauling in the day's catch and given us a "rising sun", but otherwise his 1877 print is a picture of a scene set at the end of the previous century.
Despite the borrowing of scenes from older originals, local industries had not changed much for decades when these prints were issued in the early Meiji period in comparison to the immense change in the political system. The pictures in Dai Nippon Bussan Zue gave people images of local industrial scenes, even if conventional or imaginary, in the age of “national industrial expositions.”
Multiple Editions
Multiple Editions
The series was extremely popular and was reprinted many times by the publisher Ōkura Magobei, whose shop in Nihonbashi (shown left) was nearby the site of the First National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno Park. While there is no record of prints being sold at the exhibition site, I believe, even if not actually sold at the site, they were advertised at the Exhibition.
Each printing would have both intentional (planned) and non-intentional (unplanned) color variances from previous printings and I have seen many instances of the same print issued with three different colored cartouches (red, green and multi-colored) containing the series' title in the upper right corner, as shown below.
Producing Soy Sauce in Shimosa Province - Three Variations
The 1877 First National Industrial Exhibition
Source: Japan Goes to the World's Fairs: Japanese Art at the Great Expositions in Europe and the United States 1867-1904, Los Angeles County Museum, 2005, p. 46.The 1877 First National Industrial Exhibition
The First National Industrial Exhibtion (内国勧業博覧会, Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) was held from August 21 through November 30, 1877, in Tokyo's Ueno Park and drew over 450,000 visitors. The Minister of the Interior, Ōkubo Toshimichi, who acted as the exhibition's general director, was a powerful advocate for the policy of fostering production and commerce and a proponent of national industrial exhibitions. The exhibition site consisted of a museum, main hall, machinery hall, agriculture hall, animal husbandry hall, horticulture hall, Gokakudō (pentagonal hall), and Rokusō-an tea ceremony pavilion. There were a total of 16,172 exhibitors showing 84,353 items. In anticipation of the event, the government clearly stated its interest in encouraging the growth of export industries and requested that every prefecture in Japan participate in the exhibition, suggesting that the domestic fairs were intended to provide a survey of the products and industries of the entire country and to offer a venue for assessing which of those products might be suitable for export.
The Complete Set of 118 Prints
The Complete Set of 118 Prints
Notes on commonly used kanji in print titles:
国 (or 國) kuni - province
同国 dōkoku - the same province (a reference to the province written in the cartouche of paired print)
製図 seizu - drawing or sketch
之図 or 圖 or ノ図 (no zu) - picture or drawing
Aki
安芸国 Aki no kuni
Modern-day Hiroshima prefecture (広島県)
Awa
阿波国 Awa no kuni
Modern-day Tokushima Prefecture
(徳島県)
Indigo Production (harvesting Indigofera), Awa Province figure 1
阿波国藍製之図 一
(Awa no kuni ai sei no zu ichi)
Indigo Production (preparing the leaves), Awa Province figure 2
阿波国藍玉製之図 二
Awa
安房国 Awa no kuni
Modern-day Chiba Prefecture
(千葉県)
Daffodil Flowers, Awa Province
安房国水仙花
Awa no kuni suisen hana
Saury Netting, Awa Province
同国[安房]秋刀魚網之図
dōkoku [Awa] sanma ami no zu
Awaji
淡路国 Awaji no kuni
Modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture
(兵庫県)
Seabream Netting, Awaji Province
淡路国鯛ブリ網之図
Awaji no kuni tai buri ami no zu
Red Snapper Netting, Awaji Province
同[淡路国]鯛網之図
Bingo
備後国 Bingo no kuni
Modern-day Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県)
Planting Rush, Bingo Province
備後国藺を植ル図
Bingo no kuni ran wo ueru zu
Bizen
備前国 Bizen no kuni
Modern-day Okayama Prefecture (岡山県)
Catching Whitefish, Bizen Province
備前国白魚漁之図
Chikuzen
筑前国 Chikuzen no kuni
Modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture
(福岡県)
Woven Items, Hakata, Chizuken Province
筑前国博多織之図
Chizuken no kuni hakata ori no zu
Catching Tuna, Chikuzen Province
筑前国鮪漁之図
Chikuzen no kuni maguro ryō no zu
Echigo
越後国 Echigo no kuni
Part of modern-day Niigata Prefecture (新潟県)
Echizen
越前国 Echizen no kuni
Northern part of modern-day Fukui Prefecture (福井県)
Paper (hōsho) Making, Echizen Province
越前国奉書紙製之図
Echizen no kuni hōsho shi sei no zu
Gathering Sea Urchin, Echizen Province
越前国海膽取之図
[越前国海胆取之図]
Echizen no kuni uni tori no zu
Etchū
越中国 Etchū no kuni
Modern-day Toyama Prefecture
(富山県)
Giant Octopus in Namekawa, Etchū Province
越中滑川大章魚之図
Etchū Namekawa dai tako no zu
Harima
播磨国 Harima no kuni
(also known as Banshū province 播州)
Southwestern part of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県)
Leather Shop, Himeji, Banshū
播州姫路革店之図
Banshū Himeji kawa ten no zu
Saltern in the Ako District, Harima Province
播磨国赤穂塩浜之図
Hida
飛騨国 Hida no kuni
(also known as Hishū province
飛州)
Northern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県)
Silkworm Culture, Hida Province, figure 2
飛騨国養蚕(蠶)之図 二
Hida no kuni yōsan no zu
Hunting Boar and Deer, Hishū Province
飛州猪狩之図
[飛州猪捕之図]
Hishū shishigari no zu
Higo
肥後国 Higo no kuni
Modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県) on the island of Kyūshū
(九州)
Planting Rice, Higo Province
肥後国田植之図
Higo no kuni taue no zu
Harvesting and Threshing Rice, Higo Province
同[肥後国]刈場之図
dō [Higo no kuni] kariba no zu
Hitachi
常陸国 Hitachi no kuni
(also known as Jōshū province)
Modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture
(茨城県)
Catching Carp, Jōshū
常州鯉ヲ抱取ル図
Jōshū koi o daku toru ru zu
Hizen
肥前国 Hizen no kuni
Modern-day Saga (佐賀県) and Nagasaki (長崎県) Prefectures
Chishima Province
千島国
[Part of Hokkaidō 北海道 region consisting of 11 provinces]
Hokkaidō
北海道
[A region consisting of 11 provinces]
Hakodate
函館
[old capital of Hokkaido]
Hyūga
日向国 Hyūga no kuni
(also known as Nisshū 日州)
Modern-day Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県)
Iga
伊賀国 Iga kuni
Modern-day municipalities
of Iga (伊賀市) and
Nabari (名張市)
Iki
壱岐国 Iki no kuni
Modern-day Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県)
Whale Fishing, Iki Province
壱岐国鯨漁之図
Iki no kuni kujiraryō no zu
Pulling Up a Whale, Iki Province
同[壱岐]神楽桟にて引揚図
Ise
伊勢国 Ise no kuni
Most of modern-day
Mie Prefecture (三重県)
Iwaki
磐城国 Iwaki no kuni
(also known as Banshū 磐州
Modern-day Fukushima Prefecture (福島県)
Iwashiro
岩代国 Iwashiro no kuni
(sometimes called
Ganshū (岩州)
Western half of the central part of modern-day Fukushima Prefecture (福島県) and the eastern half of modern-day Iwaki Province (磐城国)
Gathering Wax [Lacquer Tree] Nuts, Aizu, Iwashiro Province
岩代国会津蝋実採ノ図
[岩代国会津蠟実採ノ図]
Iwashiro no kuni Aizu rō (ka)jitsu to no zu
Iyo
伊予国 or 伊豫國
Iyo no kuni
Modern-day Ehime Prefecture
(愛媛県)
Izu
伊豆国 Izu no kuni
The mainland portion of Izu Province, comprising the Izu Peninsula is he eastern portion of modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県) and the Izu Islands are part of modern-day Tokyo (東京都)
Izumi
和泉国 Izumi no kuni
(also known as Senshū 泉州)
The south-western part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture
(大阪府) (south of the Yamato River; not including the city of Osaka itself)
Swordsmith Store, Sakai, Senshū Province
泉州堺打物見世之図
Senshū Sakai unchimono miseno zu
Pink Snapper and Fish Market, Sakai Beach, Izumi Province
和泉国堺浦桜鯛井二魚市之図
[和泉国堺浦桜鯛咲魚市之図]
Izume no kuni Sakai ura ichino? uoichi no zu
Kaga
加賀国 Kaga no kuni
(also known as Kashū (加州) Southern part of modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture
Kai
甲斐国 Kai no kuni
Modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県)
Making White Persimmon, Kai Province
甲斐国白柿製之図
Kai no kuni shirogaki sei no zu
Grape Cultivation, Kai Province
甲斐国葡萄培養図
Kai no kuni budō baiyō zu
Kawachi
河内国 Kawachi no kuni
(also known as Kashū 河州)
Eastern part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture (大阪府)
Harvesting and Cleaning Cotton, Kawachi Province
[河内国] 木綿ヲ摘取ル図
[木綿ヲ摘採ル図]
Kawachi no kuni kiwata o tekishu ru zu
Cotton Textile Loom, Kawachi Province
河内木綿織機之図
Kawachi no kuni men'orimono hata no zu
Kazusa
上総国 Kazusa no kuni
Modern-day Chiba Prefecture
(千葉県)
Sardine Fishing, Kujūkuri (Yasashi Bay), Kazusa Province
上総国 九十九里鰮猟之図
Kazusa no kuni kujūkuri iwashi ryō no zu
Erecting Drynets, Kazusa Province
上総国建干網之図
Kii
紀伊国 Kii no Kuni
Modern-day Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県) and the southern part of modern-day Mie Prefecture (三重県)
Exporting Products from the Port of Hokukō, Kii Province
同[紀伊国]北港ヨリ積出之図
[同北港ヨリ輸出之図]
dō Hokukō yori yushutsu no zu
Mikawa
三河国 Mikawa no kuni
Eastern half of modern-day
Aichi Prefecture (愛知県)
Quarying Whetstone, Nagura, Mikawa Province
三河国名倉砥切出ノ図
Mikawa no kuni Nagura tokiridasu no zu
Mino
美濃国 Mino no kuni
Southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県)
Limestone Mountain, Mino Province
美濃国石灰山之図
Mino no kuni sekitan-yama no zu
Limestone Burning, Mino Province
美濃石灰焼之図
Mino sekkai shō no zu
Musashi
武蔵国 Musashi no kuni
Modern-day Tokyo Metropolis
(東京都), most of Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県) and
part of Kanagawa Prefecture
(神奈川県)
Drying Nori, Musashi Province
武蔵国浅草海苔製図
Musashi no kuni asakusanori seizu
Making Nishiki-e, Tokyo
東京綿絵製造之図
[東京錦絵製造之図]
Tokyo nishiki-e seizō no zu
Mutsu
陸奥国 Mutsu no kuni
(also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Michinoku (陸奥 or 道奥)
Area of modern-day Fukushima
(福島県), Miyagi (宮城県), Iwate
(岩手県) and Aomori Prefectures
(青森県) and the municipalities of Kazuno (鹿角市) and Kosaka
(小坂町) in Akita Prefecture (秋田県)
Silk Wadding, Mutsu Province
陸奥国真錦製之図
[陸奥国真綿製之図]
Mutsu no kuni mawata? sei no zu
Harvesting Kelp,Tsugaru, Mutsu Province
同[陸奥]国津軽昆布採之図
dōkoku Tsugaru konbu to no zu
Noto
能登国 Noto no Kuni
Northern part of modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県) in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (能登半島)
Ōmi
近江国 Ōmi no kuni
Modern-day Shiga Prefecture
(滋賀県)
Making "Aobanagami" (blue stained paper). Ōmi Province
近江国青花紙製図
Ōmi no kuni aobanagami seizu
Exporting Mosquito Net
近江国浜蚊帳輸出図
[近江国浜蚊帳張輸出図]
オウミノクニハマカヤユシュツズ
Ōmi no kuni hamakaya yushutsu zu
Ōsumi
大隅国 (大隈国) Ōsumi no kuni
(also known as Gūshū 隅州)
Eastern part of modern-day Kagoshima Prefecture
(鹿児島県)
Tobacco Cultivation, Ōsumi Province
大隅国煙草培養之図
Ōsumi no kuni tabako baiyō no zu
Tobacco Leaf Production
同[大隅国]煙草葉製造之図
dō [Ōsumi no kuni] tabako ha seizō no zu
Owari
尾張国 Owari no kuni
(also known as Bishū province 尾州)
Western half of modern-day Aichi Prefecture (愛知県), including the modern city of Nagoya (名古屋市)
Tie-dyeing, Arimatsu, Owari Province
尾張国有松纐リ之図
Owari no kuni Arimtasu kokuji (shibori) no zu
Making Folding Fans, Nagoya, Bishū Province
尾州名古屋扇折の図
Bishū Nagoya ōgi ori no zu
Rikuchū
陸中国 Rikuchū no kuni
(also known as Rikushū
province 陸州)
Modern-day Iwate (岩手県) and Akita Prefectures (秋田県)
Silkworm Culture, figure 6
陸中国養蚕之図 六
Rikuchū no kuni yōsan no zu, roku
Pasteuring Cattle
陸中国牧牛之図
Rikuchū no kuni nokugyū no zu
Rikuzen
陸前国 Rikuzen no kuni
(sometimes called
Rikushū 陸州)
Modern-day Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県) (excluding Igu, Katta District and Watari Districts) and parts of Iwate Prefecture (宮城県) (specifically Kesen District
気仙郡)
Silkworm Culture, Rikuzen Province, figure 5
陸前国養蠶図五
Rikuzen no kuni yōsan zu go
Crafting Bogwood Carvings (umoregi-zaiku), Matsushima, Rikuzen Province
同国[陸前]松島景並埋木細工之図
dōkoku [Rikuzen] Matsushima kei umoregi-zaiku no zu
Sado
佐渡国 Sado no kuni
(sometimes called Sashū 佐州 or Toshū 渡州)
Part of modern-day Niigata Prefecture (新潟県)
Gold Mine, Sado Province
佐渡国金山之図
Sado no kuni kinzan no zu
Gold Mining, Sado Province
佐渡金掘之図
Sado kin kutsu no zu
Sanuki
讃岐国 Sanuki no kuni
(sometimes called Sanshū
讃州)
Modern-day Kagawa Prefecture
(香川県)
Settsu
摂津国 Settsu no kuni
(sometimes called Tsu Province 津国 or Sesshū 摂州)
Southeastern part of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県) and the northern part of Osaka Prefecture
(大阪府)
Sake Brewing, Itami, Settsu Province
摂津国伊丹酒造之図
Settsu no kuni Itami shuzō no zu
Shipping New Brew Sake
同[[摂津国]]新酒荷出之図
dō [Settsu no kuni] shinshu shutsu no zu
Shima
志摩国 Shima no kuni
Southeastern part of modern-day Mie Prefecture (三重県)
Harvesting Kelp (arame), Shima Province
志摩國荒布刈之圖
[志摩国荒布刈之図]
Shima no kuni arame kari no zu
Five-colored Sand Decorative Landscapesm Shima Province
同[志摩]国五色砂ニテ盆石飾
dōkoku goshiki-ishi suna nite bonseki kazari
Shimōsa
下総国 Shimōsa no kuni
In the area of modern-day Chiba Prefecture (千葉県) and Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県)
Shimotsuke
下野国 Shimotsuki no kuni
Modern-day Tochikgi Prefecture
(栃木県)
Silkworm Culture, Shimotsuki Province, figure 3
下野国養蠶國 三
High Loom Weaving Near Ashikaga, Shimotsuke Province
下野足利辺高機之圖
[下野足利辺高機之図]
Shimotsuke Ashikaga takabata hen no zu
Shinano
信濃国 Shinano no kuni
(also known as Shinshū 信州)
Modern-day Nagano Prefecture (長野県)
Making Buckwheat (soba) Noodles
信州蕎麦切製造之図
Shinshū sobakiri seizō no zu
Catching Lamprey Eels on the Ice, Shinano Province
信濃国氷中八ツ目鰻採ノ図
Shinano no kuni hyochū yatsume unagi tori no zu
Suō
周防国 Suō no kuni
(sometimes called Bōshū
防州)
Eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県)
Planting Shiitake Mushrooms. Suō Province
周防国香茸製之図
[周防国香蕈之図]
Suō no kuni kōtake sei no zu
Picking Iwatake Mushrooms
同国[周防]岩茸採之図
[同国[周防] 岩蕈採之図]
dōkoku [Suō no kuni] iwatake to no zu
Suruga
駿河国 Suruga no kuni
Central part of modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県)
Tajima
但馬国 Tajima no kuni
(sometimes called Tanshū
但州)Modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture
(兵庫県)
Tanba
丹波国 Tanba no kuni
Central part of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture (京都府) and the east-central part of Hyōgo Prefecture
(兵庫県)
Cutting Flint Stone
丹波国燧石切出之図
Tanba no kuni hikiri ishikiri de shutsu no zu
Honey Making. Tanaba Province
同国[丹波]蜂蜜製之図
dōkoku [Tanba no kuni] hachimitsu sei no zu
Tango
丹後国 Tango no Kuni
Modern-day northern Kyoto Prefecture (京都府)
Tosa
土佐国 Tosa no kuni
(sometimes called Doshū 土州)
Modern-day Kōchi Prefecture
(高知県)
Tsushima
対馬国 (also 対島国)
Tsushima no kuni
(sometimes called Taishū 対州
Modern-day Tsushima (対馬市), Nagasaki (対馬市)
Catching Sea Cucumbers, Tsushima Province
対島国海鼠取之図
Tsushima no kuni namako tori no zu
Drying Sea Cucumber, Tsushima Province
対島国海鼠製之図
Tsushima no kuni namako sei no zu
Ugo
羽後国 Ugo no kuni
(sometimes called Ushū 羽州)
In the area of modern-day Akita Prefecture (秋田県) and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture
(山形県)
Sericulture, Ugo Province, 7
羽後国養蠶之図 七
[羽後国養蚕之図 七]
Ugo no kuni yōsan no zu shichi
Giant Butterbur (Japanese sweet coltsfoot), Akita, Ugo Province
羽後秋田欵冬之図
[羽後秋田款冬之図]
Ugo Akita fuki no zu
Wakasa
若狭国 Wakasa no kuni
(also known as Jakushū 若州 or Reinan 嶺南)
Southern modern-day Fukui Prefecture (福井県)
Yamashiro
山城国 Yamashiro no kuni
Overlaps southern part of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture (京都府)
Yamato
大和国 Yamato no kuni
Modern-day Nara Prefecture
(奈良県)
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