Kuniezu

[1] They are sometimes contrasted with nihonzu (日本図), which were national maps created by the shogunate.

[2] In 1983, two of these map sets—the Genroku Kuniezu and the Tempō Kuniezu—were designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan.

[3] The cadastral survey and mapping project was started and finished in the Genroku era.

[3] Road milestones and names of villages with recognized yields of rice were recorded.

[5] This was the first complete set of provincial maps that included both Ezo and the Ryūkyū Kingdom,[7] which at that time, was a vassal state of the Satsuma Domain.