A Road Map of Eastern Japan, 1868

Kären Wigen and Sayoko Sakakibara

Utagawa Sadahide, 大日本富士山絶頂之図 , 1857

A Road Map of Eastern Japan, 1868

Kären Wigen and Sayoko Sakakibara

Tohoku (“Northeast”) region (shown dark green), according to Wikipedia in 2014

“The Fifteen Provinces of Tohoku” according to Tominaga in 1868

Tohoku (“Northeast”) region (shown dark green), according to Wikipedia in 2014

“The Fifteen Provinces of Tohoku” according to Tominaga in 1868