EDO - conpasu compass rashinban

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/10/chizu-maps.html
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compass コンパス, jishaku, jiseki 磁石, rashinban 羅針盤
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Most old maps show the four directions (the compass rose):



But there are some where the North is missing



for example
Tōkaidō bunken ezu 東海道分間絵図 ('shinpan' 新版 editions from 1752 and 1772)

- Join the discussion, October 2016
Edo compass rose without 'north'?
- source : PMJS listserve -

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