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五天竺図

Map of the Five Indias

Hōryūji world map in the Buddhist tradition with India (Jambudvīpa) at its centre, drawing on Xuanzang's itinerary and placing China and Japan at the margins; the oldest extant Japanese map of India.

Language
Classical Chinese
Date
1364 CE
Author
重懐
Place
法隆寺 Hōryūji
Text
not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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