Famous Places in the Kisokaidō Road in One View

Hokusai is famous for his some maps as well as his numerous Nishikie (colored) prints. He draw at least four kinds of maps, “Tōkaidō Meisho Ichiran (Famous Places in the Tōkaidō Road in One View), “Tōdō Meisho no E (Bird’s-eye view over China)”, “Bōsō Kairiku Shōkei Kiran (Bird’s-eye view over the Bōsō Peninsula), and this map depicting bird’s-eye view around the Kisokaidō (Nakasendō) road. Edo, which was the start point of the Kiso kaidō, is located on the left-lower corner in this map. This road runs freely meandering through various mountains in an entirely different way from the actual geographical situation, and reaches to another large circled mark, Kyoto.