At beginning of scroll is a map (440 mm. in length) depicting the 66 province names of Japan, each with a temple, with colored indications of bodies of water requiring boats. Woodblock-printed scroll on paper (250 x 2975 mm.), endpaper at front covered on outside with blue paper with manuscript label: “Hono daijomyoten rokujurokubu ryaku engi” [“Donation of Lotus Sutra to 66 Sacred Places. History”], wooden core roller. At end (in trans.): “Edo. 23 May 1706,” but this may be a later printed edition of an early scroll or manuscript.

In Edo Japan travel restrictions relaxed, allowing the population greater... More