| Description4 |
The mountains are depicted as viewed from the sea and the river. The characters are written roughly from east to west as indicated on the map. The map shows locations of feudal lords’ residences in Maruoka, Fukui, and Ono. The slips of paper attached to these locations respectively read: “46,200 koku for Honda Hida-no-kami,” “45,000 koku for Matsudaira Echizen-no-kami,” and “50,000 koku for Matsudaira Tajima-no-kami.” On the slip of paper attached to Fukui are typographical errors. In actuality, the stipend of Fukui domain was 475,000 koku. The place indicated simply as a “castle” using the same symbol as those used for feudal lords’ residences refers to Fuchu (Takefu). Katsuyama is simply indicated as a castle, but the symbol used for abandoned castles is used there. Mt. Hakusan, which is revered as a sacred mountain, is depicted differently from other mountains. Several temples and shrines are shown on the map, which also shows the borders of districts along with their names. In the bottom left corner in the margin are given the number of districts, their names, the total yield of rice for the province, and an explanation about the number of districts. |
