Abstract
In this presentation,characters and their changes of the large plans of Kyoto that was printed by TAKEHARA Kobei at the end of the Edo period are considered.TAKEHARA Kobei was one of the famous publishers who printed plans or guidebooks of Kyoto during the Edo period.He printed two types of large plans of Kyoto. One was first printed in 1831(the edition of Tempo)and the other was first printed in 1868(the edition of Keio).
There are some similarities between the edition of Tempo and other plans of Kyoto.The described shape of town in this plan is correct and similar to that in other plan made by NAKAI-KE in 1780's.And there are many commentaries about temples or shrines in this plan.These commentaries are similar to those in other plan made by HAYASHI Yoshinaga in 1740's.In short,we can regard the edition of Tempo as a compiled map and the plans above-mentioned are the sources of this.
The edition of Keio is different from the edition of Tempo in some respects.In the former plan, different colors were used so that users of the plan could easily distinguish mansions of feudal lords from houses of the people.Moreover, the described shape of town in the former plan was transformed and became wider than that in the latter plan so that more information about mansions of feudal lords and so on could be written down in the plan.In the middle of the 19th century,mansions of feudal lords increased in Kyoto and many people demanded the information about those.TAKEHARA Kobei continually adapted the plans of Kyoto to the changes of Kyoto and the needs of users of the plans.
