Kono Bairei (1678-1757) Chigusa no Hana [1000 varieties of flowers] Views_NYC Plancius’s map had a widespread

Plancius’s map had a widespread influence on other mapmakers

as many other setbacks befell the project: publishers went bankrupt

It is ripe with promise

Van Os' watercolors are remarkable for their impressive level of finish

one believes that the city was the work of giants or the Romans

Kono Bairei (1678-1757) Chigusa no Hana [1000 varieties of flowers] Views_NYC Plancius’s map had a widespreadKono Bairei (1678 1757) Chigusa no Hana (trans. 1000 varieties of flowers) Tokyo: Tanaka Jihei, 1862 Stitched cloth with blue paper boards, blue cloth clamshell box, blue morocco lettering piece. Volume iii of 3. Octavo 242 x 165mm 47 colored woodblock plates on 54 leaves (including 7 diptych plates.) Stitched with cloth head bands within limp blue paper covered boards, later calligraphic title on mounted section on upper cover (some light scuffing