Picture - Ezu

Japanese: 絵図 - えず

A general term for maps made in Japan before the early modern period. The term "ko-ezu" (old map) is also used interchangeably. The term "ezu" is a historical term that has appeared in historical documents since around the 11th century. At first, ezu referred to maps that combined pictorial depictions of mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, and roads with maps of manors and temple grounds that showed land ownership under the jori system. Many medieval manor maps depicting the location, landscape, and boundaries of manors remain. At the end of the 16th century, the term came to refer to maps in general, and in 1605 (Keicho 10), Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered all feudal lords in the country to submit maps of their territories. Architectural sketches were also called ezu. In the Meiji period, the term "map" was introduced into school education, and the term ezu fell out of use. Existing ezu can be divided into various genres.

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Japanese:

日本で，近世以前に作られた地図類の総称。古絵図の語もほぼ同じに用いられる。絵図という語は，11世紀ごろから史料に出てくる歴史的用語で，初めは荘園図や寺域図などのように，条里制の土地所有関係を示す班田図 (田図) に，山，川，湖，海，道路など絵画風の表現を交えたものを絵図と称した。中世の荘園の位置・景観・境界などを描いた荘園絵図などが多く残っている。 16世紀末には，地図一般を指すようになり，徳川家康は 1605 (慶長 10) 年，全国の大名に国絵図の作成提出を命じた。また，建築の見取図なども絵図と呼んだ。明治になって学校教育に「地図」の語が導入されて，絵図の語は使われなくなった。現存する絵図はさまざまなジャンルに分けられる。

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