Dai Nippon Bussan Zue (Products of Greater Japan), 1877

Hunting the Giant Octopus of Namekawa, Etchū Province from the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue.

Products of Greater Japan, 1877

Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (だいにっぽんぶっさんずえ)

(A series of 118 prints depicting various economic activities throughout Japan)

Overview

The woodblock print series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue, drawn by Utagawa Hiroshige III (1842–1894), was published by the Tokyo-based publisher Ōkura Magobei on August 10, 1877. Each printed sheet in the series contained a pair of illustrations depicting regional scenes of farming, fishing, mining and other economic activities. Higuchi Hiromu, a collector of 19th-century nishiki-e, wrote in 1943 that there were 60 pairs (120 pictures) in the series, but only 118 are extant.1 There is also reference to over 100 pairs (200 pictures) being issued, based on the existence of prints in this series that carry numbers in their margin, some of which exceed the number 200. However, based upon the haphazard appearance of numbers on only the occasional print, these numbers appear to have no relationship to the total number of prints in the series and we can safely assume that only 59 pair (118 pictures) were issued.

The series' issuance date strongly suggests that their publication was timed for the August 21, 1877 opening of the first National Industrial Exposition (Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) in Tokyo's Ueno Park. (See The 1877 First National Industrial Exhibition below.)

1 Picturing Westernization and Modernization: A Woodblock Print Collection from Late 19th Century Japan, Izumi Koide, June 16, 2006, a paper delivered at the WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 72ND IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/085-Koide-en.pdf

The Series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue 大日本物産図会 (Products of Greater Japan, 1877)

This series is also referred to as Dainippon Butsu-san Zukai (Pictures of Products and Industries of Japan) and is variously translated as Products of Greater Japan, Series of Greater Japan Products, Famous Products of Japan, Products of Japan, and Pictorial Record of Japanese Products, among others.


In all, 58 provinces (or regions) are represented in the series.  Fifty-seven provinces are each represented by two prints, with Iyo Province being the one province represented by four prints. The names given for the provinces are those of the pre-Meiji era, sometimes referred to as the "old kuni".  (A brief description of each of the old kuni can be found in the article Former Provinces of Japan.) As shown below, the prints for each province were printed together on a single ōban-size sheet of paper and then cut into separate chūban size sheets.  Uncut sheets can sometimes be found, as in IHL Cat. #362 Producing Soy Sauce and Watermelon Field in Shimōsa Province shown below.

Example of uncut ōban-size sheet

14 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (36.2 x 23.5 cm)

Producing Soy Sauce and Watermelon Field, Shimōsa Province

IHL Cat. #362

Most Prints Bound Into Books

The printed sheets in ōban format (approximately 10 x 14 inches) were cut and sold as individual sheets or, as most were, cut and bound into books. There are two book formats, a book sized approximately 7 x 9 1/2 in. (18 x 24 cm.) which allowed the prints to lay flat and a book sized approximately 7 x 5 in. (18 x 13 cm) which required each print to be folded in half.  An advertisement included at the end of one bound folding book says “Dai Nippon Bussan Zue, orihon zen 6 satsu,” namely that there were six books in the series.  Extant books do not necessarily contain the same pictures in the same order and it seems that there was no fixed way of arranging the prints when they were bound together.

Example of a volume in which each print lays flat 

Cover of one of two volumes of Dai Nippon Bussan Zue, each containing 42 prints 

(Waseda University Library Archives http://archive.wul.waseda.ac.jp/kosho/yo01/yo01_04265/) 

One example of many types of bindings and distribution for this series.

Two pages from the above binding (Waseda University Library Archives) 

Example of a volume in which each print is folded 

In this bound set of 30 prints, each print is folded in half 

Covers for volumes 1 and 2, each containing 30 prints folded in half 

Signatures and Cartouches on the Prints

Most of the prints in the top half of the uncut ōban size sheet are signed "Hiroshige hitsu" in the bottom of its right margin and most of the bottom prints carry a cartouche in the left margin that gives Hiroshige III's address and his family name, Andō Tokubei, and the publisher's address and name, Ōkura Magobei, in a cartouche in the right margin, as shown below. 

廣重筆

Hiroshige hitsu 

画工

大鋸町四番地

安藤徳兵衛 

gakō Ōga machi yon banchi,

Andō Tokubei 

出版人

日本橋通一丁目十九番地   大倉孫兵衛

publisher, Nihobashi-dōri Itchōme 19-banchi, Ōkura Magobei

Borrowing of Scenes

Source: Picturing Westernization and Modernization: A Woodblock Print Collection from Late 19th Century Japan, Izumi Koide, June 16, 2006, a paper delivered at the WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 72ND IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/085-Koide-en.pdf

These pictures show industrial scenes such as harvesting natural resources, processing crafts, shipping products, etc. in certain regions, and hence depicting local industry. In the history of Japanese drawings particularly for practical use, there were various genres of pictures: meisho-e described famous places such as temples, sight-seeing spots, etc.; shokunin-e depicted various professionals and how to make things; bussan-e were like pictorial encyclopedia for products; and hakubutsu-e were of things. The Dai Nippon Bussan Zue is a combination of these genres of picture. By presenting images of most regions in Japan systematically with respective local industries, products, and working people, it suggested the variety as well as commonality of the developing nation.

The pictures are of all regions of Japan (see Former Provinces of Japan) and it is unlikely that the artist traveled to each place. Some pictures of the series are “borrowed” from other pictures, a practice known as shakuyō. Some pictures were taken from Nihon Sankai Meisan Zue (Famous Sea and Land Products in Japan, first published in 1799), and others were from Kii Meisho Zue (Famous Places in the Kii Region) of the mid 19th century. There might exist other “originals” upon which pictures in the Dai Nippon Bussan Zue were based, as there were many other regional “famous places series.” 

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Hiroshige III has covered the almost naked bodies of the men hauling in the day's catch and given us a "rising sun", but otherwise his 1877 print is a picture of a scene set at the end of the previous century.

Despite the borrowing of scenes from older originals, local industries had not changed much for decades when these prints were issued in the early Meiji period in comparison to the immense change in the political system. The pictures in Dai Nippon Bussan Zue gave people images of local industrial scenes, even if conventional or imaginary, in the age of “national industrial expositions.” 

Multiple Editions


The series was extremely popular and was reprinted many times by the publisher Ōkura Magobei, whose shop in Nihonbashi (shown left) was nearby the site of the First National Industrial Exhibition in Ueno Park. While there is no record of prints being sold at the exhibition site, I believe, even if not actually sold at the site, they were advertised at the Exhibition.


Each printing would have both intentional (planned) and non-intentional (unplanned) color variances from previous printings and I have seen many instances of the same print issued with three different colored cartouches (red, green and multi-colored) containing the series' title in the upper right corner, as shown below.  

Producing Soy Sauce in Shimosa Province - Three Variations 

The 1877 First National Industrial Exhibition

Source: Japan Goes to the World's Fairs: Japanese Art at the Great Expositions in Europe and the United States 1867-1904, Los Angeles County Museum, 2005, p. 46.

The First National Industrial Exhibtion (内国勧業博覧会, Naikoku Kangyō Hakurankai) was held from August 21 through November 30, 1877, in Tokyo's Ueno Park and drew over 450,000 visitors. The Minister of the Interior, Ōkubo Toshimichi, who acted as the exhibition's general director, was a powerful advocate for the policy of fostering production and commerce and a proponent of national industrial exhibitions. The exhibition site consisted of a museum, main hall, machinery hall, agriculture hall, animal husbandry hall, horticulture hall, Gokakudō (pentagonal hall), and Rokusō-an tea ceremony pavilion. There were a total of 16,172 exhibitors showing 84,353 items. In anticipation of the event, the government clearly stated its interest in encouraging the growth of export industries and requested that every prefecture in Japan participate in the exhibition, suggesting that the domestic fairs were intended to provide a survey of the products and industries of the entire country and to offer a venue for assessing which of those products might be suitable for export.

The Complete Set of 118 Prints

Notes on commonly used kanji in print titles:

国 (or 國) kuni - province

同国 dōkoku - the same province (a reference to the province written in the cartouche of paired print)

製図 seizu - drawing or sketch

之図 or 圖 or ノ図 (no zu) - picture or drawing

Aki

安芸国 Aki no kuni

Modern-day Hiroshima prefecture (広島県)

Awa

阿波国 Awa no kuni

Modern-day Tokushima Prefecture

(徳島県)



Indigo Production (harvesting  Indigofera), Awa Province figure 1

 阿波国藍製之図　一

 (Awa no kuni ai sei no zu ichi) 

Indigo Production (preparing the leaves), Awa Province figure 2

 阿波国藍玉製之図　二 

Awa

安房国 Awa no kuni

Modern-day Chiba Prefecture

(千葉県)


 Daffodil Flowers, Awa Province

 安房国水仙花

 Awa no kuni suisen hana 

Saury Netting, Awa Province

 同国[安房]秋刀魚網之図

 dōkoku [Awa] sanma ami no zu

Awaji

淡路国 Awaji no kuni

Modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture

(兵庫県)

Seabream Netting, Awaji Province

 淡路国鯛ブリ網之図

 Awaji no kuni tai buri ami no zu 

Red Snapper Netting, Awaji Province

 同[淡路国]鯛網之図 

Bingo

備後国 Bingo no kuni

Modern-day Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県) 

Planting Rush, Bingo Province

 備後国藺を植ル図

 Bingo no kuni ran wo ueru zu 

Bizen

備前国 Bizen no kuni

Modern-day Okayama Prefecture (岡山県) 

Catching Whitefish, Bizen Province

 備前国白魚漁之図 

Chikuzen

筑前国 Chikuzen no kuni

Modern-day Fukuoka Prefecture

(福岡県)

Woven Items, Hakata, Chizuken Province

 筑前国博多織之図

 Chizuken no kuni hakata ori no zu 

Catching Tuna, Chikuzen Province

 筑前国鮪漁之図

 Chikuzen no kuni maguro ryō no zu 

Echigo

越後国 Echigo no kuni

Part of modern-day Niigata Prefecture (新潟県) 



 Bleaching Fabric on the Snow, Echigo Province

 越後國雪中布晒之図

Echigo no kuni secchu nuno sarashi no zu  

Catching Salmon, Echigo Province

 越後国鮭洲走を捕図 

Echizen

越前国 Echizen no kuni

Northern part of modern-day Fukui Prefecture (福井県) 


Paper (hōsho) Making, Echizen Province

 越前国奉書紙製之図

 Echizen no kuni hōsho shi sei no zu 

Gathering Sea Urchin, Echizen Province

 越前国海膽取之図

 [越前国海胆取之図]

 Echizen no kuni uni tori no zu 

Etchū

越中国 Etchū no kuni

Modern-day Toyama Prefecture

(富山県)

 Giant Octopus in Namekawa, Etchū Province

 越中滑川大章魚之図

 Etchū Namekawa dai tako no zu 

Harima

播磨国 Harima no kuni

(also known as Banshū province 播州)

Southwestern part of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県) 


Leather Shop, Himeji, Banshū

 播州姫路革店之図

 Banshū Himeji kawa ten no zu 

Saltern in the Ako District, Harima Province

 播磨国赤穂塩浜之図 

Hida

 飛騨国 Hida no kuni

(also known as Hishū province

飛州)

Northern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県) 


Silkworm Culture, Hida Province, figure 2

 飛騨国養蚕(蠶)之図 二

 Hida no kuni yōsan no zu 

 Hunting Boar and Deer, Hishū Province 

 飛州猪狩之図

 [飛州猪捕之図]

 Hishū shishigari no zu 

Higo

肥後国 Higo no kuni

Modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県) on the island of Kyūshū

(九州)

Planting Rice, Higo Province

 肥後国田植之図

 Higo no kuni taue no zu 

Harvesting and Threshing Rice, Higo Province

 同[肥後国]刈場之図

 dō [Higo no kuni] kariba no zu 

Hitachi

常陸国 Hitachi no kuni

(also known as Jōshū province)

Modern-day Ibaraki Prefecture

(茨城県)

Hizen

肥前国  Hizen no kuni

Modern-day  Saga (佐賀県) and Nagasaki (長崎県) Prefectures 

Chishima Province

千島国

[Part of Hokkaidō 北海道 region consisting of 11 provinces]






Hokkaidō

北海道

 [A region consisting of 11 provinces]

Hakodate

函館

[old capital of Hokkaido]



Hyūga

日向国 Hyūga no kuni

(also known as Nisshū 日州)

Modern-day Miyazaki Prefecture (宮崎県) 

 Camphor Manufacture, Hyūga Province

 日向国樟脳製之図

Hyuga no kuni shōnō sei no zu

Iga

伊賀国 Iga kuni

Modern-day municipalities

of Iga (伊賀市) and

Nabari (名張市)


Iki

 壱岐国 Iki no kuni

Modern-day Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県) 

Whale Fishing, Iki Province

 壱岐国鯨漁之図

 Iki no kuni kujiraryō no zu 

Pulling Up a Whale, Iki Province

 同[壱岐]神楽桟にて引揚図 

Ise

 伊勢国 Ise no kuni

Most of modern-day

Mie Prefecture (三重県)


Iwaki

磐城国 Iwaki no kuni

(also known as Banshū 磐州

Modern-day Fukushima Prefecture (福島県) 

Iwashiro

岩代国 Iwashiro no kuni

(sometimes called

Ganshū (岩州)

Western half of the central part of modern-day Fukushima Prefecture (福島県) and the eastern half of modern-day Iwaki Province (磐城国) 


Gathering Wax [Lacquer Tree] Nuts, Aizu, Iwashiro Province

 岩代国会津蝋実採ノ図

 [岩代国会津蠟実採ノ図]

 Iwashiro no kuni Aizu rō (ka)jitsu to no zu

Iyo

伊予国 or 伊豫國

Iyo no kuni

Modern-day Ehime Prefecture

(愛媛県)

Izu

 伊豆国 Izu no kuni

The mainland portion of Izu Province, comprising the Izu Peninsula is he eastern portion of modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県) and the Izu Islands are part of modern-day Tokyo (東京都) 

Izumi

和泉国 Izumi no kuni

(also known as Senshū 泉州)

The south-western part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture

(大阪府) (south of the Yamato River; not including the city of Osaka itself)

Swordsmith Store, Sakai, Senshū Province

 泉州堺打物見世之図

 Senshū Sakai unchimono miseno zu 

Pink Snapper and Fish Market, Sakai  Beach, Izumi Province

 和泉国堺浦桜鯛井二魚市之図

 [和泉国堺浦桜鯛咲魚市之図]

 Izume no kuni Sakai ura ichino? uoichi no zu 

Kaga

加賀国 Kaga no kuni

(also known as Kashū (加州) Southern part of modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture 

Kai

甲斐国 Kai no kuni

Modern-day Yamanashi Prefecture (山梨県) 

Making White Persimmon, Kai Province

 甲斐国白柿製之図

 Kai no kuni shirogaki sei no zu 

Grape Cultivation, Kai Province

 甲斐国葡萄培養図

 Kai no kuni budō baiyō zu 

Kawachi

河内国 Kawachi no kuni

(also known as Kashū 河州)

Eastern part of modern-day Osaka Prefecture (大阪府) 



Harvesting and Cleaning Cotton, Kawachi Province

 [河内国] 木綿ヲ摘取ル図

 [木綿ヲ摘採ル図]

 Kawachi no kuni kiwata o tekishu ru zu 

 Cotton Textile Loom, Kawachi Province

 河内木綿織機之図

 Kawachi no kuni men'orimono hata no zu 

Kazusa

上総国 Kazusa no kuni

Modern-day Chiba Prefecture

(千葉県)


 Sardine Fishing, Kujūkuri (Yasashi Bay), Kazusa Province

 上総国 九十九里鰮猟之図

 Kazusa no kuni kujūkuri iwashi ryō no zu 

Erecting Drynets, Kazusa Province

 上総国建干網之図

Kii

紀伊国 Kii no Kuni

Modern-day Wakayama Prefecture (和歌山県) and the southern part of modern-day Mie Prefecture (三重県) 

Exporting Products from the Port  of  Hokukō, Kii Province

 同[紀伊国]北港ヨリ積出之図

 [同北港ヨリ輸出之図]

 dō Hokukō yori yushutsu no zu 

Mikawa

 三河国 Mikawa no kuni

Eastern half of modern-day

Aichi Prefecture (愛知県)


Quarying Whetstone, Nagura, Mikawa Province

 三河国名倉砥切出ノ図

 Mikawa no kuni Nagura tokiridasu no zu

Mino

美濃国 Mino no kuni

Southern part of modern-day Gifu Prefecture (岐阜県) 

Limestone Mountain, Mino Province

 美濃国石灰山之図

 Mino no kuni sekitan-yama no zu 

Limestone Burning, Mino Province

 美濃石灰焼之図

 Mino sekkai shō no zu 

Musashi

 武蔵国 Musashi no kuni

Modern-day Tokyo Metropolis

(東京都), most of Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県) and

part of Kanagawa Prefecture

(神奈川県)

Drying Nori, Musashi Province

 武蔵国浅草海苔製図

 Musashi no kuni asakusanori seizu 

 Making Nishiki-e, Tokyo

 東京綿絵製造之図

 [東京錦絵製造之図]

 Tokyo nishiki-e seizō no zu 

Mutsu

陸奥国 Mutsu no kuni

(also known as Ōshū (奥州) or Michinoku (陸奥 or 道奥)

Area of modern-day Fukushima

(福島県), Miyagi (宮城県), Iwate

(岩手県) and Aomori Prefectures

(青森県)  and the municipalities of Kazuno (鹿角市) and Kosaka

(小坂町) in Akita Prefecture (秋田県)

Silk Wadding, Mutsu Province

 陸奥国真錦製之図

 [陸奥国真綿製之図]

 Mutsu no kuni mawata? sei no zu 

Harvesting Kelp,Tsugaru, Mutsu Province

 同[陸奥]国津軽昆布採之図

 dōkoku Tsugaru konbu to no zu  

Noto

能登国 Noto no Kuni

Northern part of modern-day Ishikawa Prefecture (石川県) in Japan, including the Noto Peninsula (能登半島) 

Ōmi

近江国 Ōmi no kuni

Modern-day Shiga Prefecture

(滋賀県)

Making "Aobanagami" (blue stained  paper). Ōmi Province

 近江国青花紙製図

 Ōmi no kuni aobanagami seizu 

 Exporting Mosquito Net

 近江国浜蚊帳輸出図

 [近江国浜蚊帳張輸出図]

 オウミノクニハマカヤユシュツズ

 Ōmi no kuni hamakaya yushutsu  zu 

Ōsumi

大隅国 (大隈国) Ōsumi no kuni

(also known as Gūshū 隅州)

Eastern part of modern-day Kagoshima Prefecture

(鹿児島県)



Tobacco Cultivation, Ōsumi Province

 大隅国煙草培養之図

 Ōsumi no kuni tabako baiyō no zu 

 Tobacco Leaf Production

 同[大隅国]煙草葉製造之図

 dō [Ōsumi no kuni] tabako ha seizō  no zu 

Owari

尾張国 Owari no kuni

 (also known as  Bishū province 尾州)

Western half of modern-day Aichi Prefecture (愛知県), including the modern city of Nagoya (名古屋市) 

Tie-dyeing, Arimatsu, Owari Province

 尾張国有松纐リ之図

 Owari no kuni Arimtasu kokuji  (shibori)  no zu 

Making Folding Fans, Nagoya, Bishū Province

 尾州名古屋扇折の図

 Bishū Nagoya ōgi ori no zu 

Rikuchū

陸中国 Rikuchū no kuni

(also known as Rikushū

province 陸州)

Modern-day Iwate (岩手県) and Akita Prefectures (秋田県) 


 Silkworm Culture, figure 6

 陸中国養蚕之図 六

 Rikuchū no kuni yōsan no zu, roku

Pasteuring Cattle

 陸中国牧牛之図

 Rikuchū no kuni nokugyū no zu 

Rikuzen

陸前国 Rikuzen no kuni

(sometimes called

Rikushū 陸州)

Modern-day Miyagi Prefecture (宮城県) (excluding Igu, Katta District and Watari Districts) and parts of Iwate Prefecture (宮城県) (specifically Kesen District

気仙郡)

Silkworm Culture, Rikuzen Province, figure 5

 陸前国養蠶図五

 Rikuzen no kuni yōsan zu go 

 Crafting Bogwood Carvings  (umoregi-zaiku), Matsushima, Rikuzen Province

 同国[陸前]松島景並埋木細工之図

 dōkoku [Rikuzen] Matsushima kei umoregi-zaiku no zu 

Sado

佐渡国 Sado no kuni

(sometimes called Sashū 佐州 or Toshū 渡州)

Part of modern-day Niigata Prefecture (新潟県) 

Gold Mine, Sado Province

 佐渡国金山之図

 Sado no kuni kinzan no zu 

Gold Mining, Sado Province

 佐渡金掘之図

 Sado kin kutsu no zu 

Sanuki

 讃岐国 Sanuki no kuni

(sometimes called Sanshū

讃州)

Modern-day Kagawa Prefecture

(香川県)

Settsu

摂津国 Settsu no kuni

(sometimes called Tsu Province 津国 or Sesshū 摂州)

Southeastern part of modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture (兵庫県) and the northern part of Osaka Prefecture

(大阪府)

 Sake Brewing, Itami, Settsu Province

 摂津国伊丹酒造之図

 Settsu no kuni Itami shuzō no zu 

Shipping New Brew Sake 

 同[[摂津国]]新酒荷出之図 

 dō [Settsu no kuni] shinshu shutsu  no zu 

Shima

志摩国 Shima no kuni

Southeastern part of modern-day Mie Prefecture (三重県) 


Harvesting Kelp (arame), Shima Province

 志摩國荒布刈之圖

 [志摩国荒布刈之図]

 Shima no kuni arame kari no zu 

Five-colored Sand Decorative  Landscapesm Shima Province

 同[志摩]国五色砂ニテ盆石飾

 dōkoku goshiki-ishi suna nite bonseki  kazari 

Shimōsa

下総国 Shimōsa no kuni

In the area of modern-day Chiba Prefecture (千葉県) and Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県) 

Shimotsuke

下野国 Shimotsuki no kuni

Modern-day Tochikgi Prefecture

(栃木県)

 Silkworm Culture, Shimotsuki Province, figure 3

 下野国養蠶國 三 

High Loom Weaving Near Ashikaga, Shimotsuke Province

 下野足利辺高機之圖

 [下野足利辺高機之図]

 Shimotsuke Ashikaga takabata hen no zu 

Shinano

信濃国 Shinano no kuni

(also known as Shinshū 信州)

Modern-day Nagano Prefecture (長野県) 

Making Buckwheat (soba) Noodles

 信州蕎麦切製造之図

 Shinshū sobakiri seizō no zu 

Catching Lamprey Eels on the Ice, Shinano Province

 信濃国氷中八ツ目鰻採ノ図

 Shinano no kuni  hyochū yatsume unagi tori no zu 

Suō

周防国 Suō no kuni

(sometimes called Bōshū

防州)

Eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県) 

Planting Shiitake Mushrooms. Suō Province

 周防国香茸製之図

 [周防国香蕈之図]

 Suō no kuni kōtake sei no zu

 Picking Iwatake Mushrooms

 同国[周防]岩茸採之図 

 [同国[周防] 岩蕈採之図]

 dōkoku [Suō no kuni] iwatake to no zu

Suruga

駿河国 Suruga no kuni

Central part of modern-day Shizuoka Prefecture (静岡県) 

Tajima

但馬国 Tajima no kuni

(sometimes called Tanshū

但州)Modern-day Hyōgo Prefecture

(兵庫県)

Tanba

丹波国 Tanba no kuni

Central part of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture (京都府) and the east-central part of Hyōgo Prefecture

(兵庫県)

 Cutting Flint Stone

 丹波国燧石切出之図

 Tanba no kuni hikiri ishikiri de shutsu  no zu 

 Honey Making. Tanaba Province

 同国[丹波]蜂蜜製之図

 dōkoku [Tanba no kuni] hachimitsu sei no zu 

Tango

丹後国 Tango no Kuni

Modern-day northern Kyoto Prefecture (京都府)

Tosa

土佐国 Tosa no kuni

(sometimes called Doshū 土州)

Modern-day Kōchi Prefecture

(高知県)

Tsushima

対馬国 (also 対島国)

Tsushima no kuni

(sometimes called Taishū 対州

Modern-day Tsushima (対馬市), Nagasaki (対馬市) 


Catching Sea Cucumbers, Tsushima Province

 対島国海鼠取之図

 Tsushima no kuni namako tori no zu 

Drying Sea Cucumber, Tsushima Province

 対島国海鼠製之図

 Tsushima no kuni namako sei no zu 

Ugo

羽後国 Ugo no kuni

(sometimes called Ushū 羽州)

In the area of modern-day Akita Prefecture (秋田県) and some parts of Yamagata Prefecture

(山形県)

 Sericulture, Ugo Province, 7

 羽後国養蠶之図 七 

 [羽後国養蚕之図 七]

 Ugo no kuni yōsan no zu shichi 

 Giant Butterbur (Japanese sweet  coltsfoot), Akita, Ugo Province

  羽後秋田欵冬之図

 [羽後秋田款冬之図]

 Ugo Akita fuki no zu 

Wakasa

若狭国 Wakasa no kuni

(also known as Jakushū 若州 or Reinan 嶺南)

Southern modern-day Fukui Prefecture (福井県) 

Yamashiro

山城国 Yamashiro no kuni

Overlaps southern part of modern-day Kyoto Prefecture (京都府) 

Yamato

大和国 Yamato no kuni

Modern-day Nara Prefecture

(奈良県)