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A Female Carpenter in the
Hidden Residences
Yamashiro Province's Kyoto
Locations
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Ichijō Avenue: An east-west road in Kyoto’s Kamikyo-ku, the ward closest to the Innermost residences of the Imperial Court
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Kozori-bashi: also known as Modori-bashi, a bridge spanning the Ichijō-bori canal; site of a legendary clash between Watanabe no Tsuna and an ogress
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Gion: Today one of Japan’s renowned entertainment districts, it was formerly home to several Daoist fortune-tellers.
Kyoto's Imperial Palace
1681 Map
Kyoto's Imperial Palace is depicted in the bottom right, with the residences largely kept blank to the northwest of the palace.
Through the Tokugawa Period, maps of Kyoto would feature blank spaces to avoid depicting elite quarters like those of the Emperor and the Shogun.
Click here to view the entire digitized map from the UBC Beans Collection
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