| Description4 |
This map shows the Shimabara peninsula and the peripheral region. In the margin, a slip of paper indicating that it is a copy of the map offered to the Shogun is attached. This leads to either of the following conclusions: First, this map is a copy of the map prepared by warriors sent by Ikeda Mitsumasa and offered to the Shogun; or, second, this is a copy of the map offered to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Shogun, by another party, and the Shogun permitted Ikeda Mitsumasa to reproduce the map. On the map, Hara Castle, where rebels assembled, is represented as the “south abandoned castle of the Arima clan.” At Oyana island in Amakusa, there is a note saying that the Christian rebellion broke out in the territory of Lord Terasawa. |
