Kuniezu

The kuniezu (国絵図^?) were a series of Japanese provincial land maps, created during the Edo period, which the Tokugawa shogunate ordered be created by every province. They are sometimes contrasted with nihonzu (日本図^?), which were national maps created by the shogunate.

In 1983, two of these map sets—the Genroku Kuniezu and the Tempō Kuniezu—were designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

Work on the Shōhō Kuniezu (正保国絵図^?) was started in 1644 [1]. The original copy was destroyed by fire in 1873 .

Work on the Genroku Kuniezu (元禄国絵図^?) began in 1696 (Genroku 9) and ended in 1702 (Genroku 15). The cadastral survey and mapping project was started and finished in the Genroku era. It was the fourth official map of Japan.

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