Important Cultural Property
Map of the estate of Tōdaiji Temple in Isawa village in Etchū Province

Hanging scroll, ink on paper
H 56.7, W 109.7
Nara period　8th century
Tenpyōjingo 2　759

Map of the estate of Tōdaiji Temple in Isawa village in Etchū Province
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Map of the estate of Tōdaiji Temple in Isawa village in Etchū Province_1
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  • 1992/06/26
Map of the estate of Tōdaiji Temple in Isawa village in Etchū Province_16
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Map of the estate of Tōdaiji Temple in Isawa village in Etchū Province_17
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This map depicts the fields developed by Tōdaiji Temple in Etchū Province, the southwest part of present-day Toyama prefecture. A checkerboard-like grid indicates the plots of land; cultivated fields have notations on their acreage written in, and as yet uncultivated land is simply marked as “field.” The vermillion seal of Etchū Province is stamped across the surface.
 
NOJIRI TadashiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.349, no.33. 

 This Map is an official copy. This estate had originally been owned by Tachibana-no-Naramaro, who was executed in July, 757. After Naramaro's death this estate was given to Tōdai-ji temple in December of the same year. The eastern direction is at the top of this map. The seal of Etchū province was stamped over the nineteen important parts of the inscription on the map. 
Masterpieces of Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1993, pp.86-87, no.65. 

Accession Number 894-1
Category Writings
Provenance Formerly kept in Shōsō-in repository, Nara
Bibliography Children's exhibition: Discovering Early Maps. Nara National Museum, 2004, 32p. (Japanese) Ultimate Tōdai-ji: incomparable masterworks from Nara's Great Eastern Temple. Nara National Museum, 2002, 374p. (Japanese) Masterpieces from the Collection of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1997, 350p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Writings. Nara National Museum, 1990, 136p. (Japanese) Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p.

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