| Description4 |
While the characters are written from west to east side as indicated on the map, the mountains are depicted as viewed from the sea. The residences of the lords are specified as Karatsu, Ryuzoji, Omura, and Shimabara castles. Slips of paper attached to these castles respectively read: “83,000 koku for Okubo Dewa-no-kami,” “357,000 koku for Matsudaira Tanba-no-kami,” “27,900 koku for Omura Inaba-no-kami,” and “Matsudaira Tonomo-no-kami.” Provincial borders are shown using vermilion lines, but no district borders or district names are given. Land and marine routes are indicated by vermilion lines. As in the provincial map produced during the Keicho era (1596?1615), this map includes the Amakusa islands, which would later belong to Higo province. Until the end of the Shimabara Rebellion in 1638, the Amakusa islands had been under the rule of the Terasawa clan in Karatsu domain. In the top left corner in the margin are given the number of districts, their names, an explanation about them, and the total yield of rice for the province. |
