This map depicts the fields and surroundings of land developed as a territory of Tōdaiji Temple in Sakai District of Echizen Province, the northern part of present-day Fukui prefecture. The fields have place names and the acreage written in; these are near the center of the map, and they are bordered by lushly wooded hills on one side and a lake home to a swimming fish on the other.
 
NOJIRI TadashiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.349, no.34. 

 This Map is a draft. The northern direction is at the top of the map, and the borders of the estate are displayed by grid lines in ink. Water, mountains, and trees are painted in reddish purple and black ink. A big fish is symbolically depicted within the water. These maps are noteworthy landscape paintings of the Nara period. A canal is depicted in reddish purple. The inscription by the administrator of the province of Echizen and the estate inspector from Tōdai-ji temple are at the left part of the map. 
Masterpieces of Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1993, p.86, no.65.