Bibliographical Introduction to Illustrations of the Edo Castle (2)

Abstract

This paper provides a bibliographical introduction to illustrations of Edo Castle, taken from materials derived from the Cabinet Library, part of the collection of the National Archives of Japan. The paper continues on from the essay "Bibliographical Introduction to Illustrations of the Edo Castle (1)", published in Kitanomaru (The Journal of the National Archives of Japan) No. 52. The Edo Castle illustrations can be largely divided into two groups: the Tamon yagura monjo（shogunate archives preserved at the Tamon yagura）and others. This essay will focus on illustrations from the Tamon yagura monjo. The author examines materials from the National Archives of Japan Digital Archive, and limits its examination to the Tamon yagura monjo, searching for keywords including " illustration " and " figure " and extracting materials from the search results. This paper aims to inform the general public of the illustrations of Edo Castle that exist as the National Archives of Japan.