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Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in the first map of the Japanese archipelago completed by surveyor Ino Tadataka in the early 19th century is seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2014. Researchers say the Hokkaido portion of the map was based on data collected by Ino's student and explorer Mamiya Rinzo rather than by Ino alone as previously thought.

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Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor looks at a copy of Japan's first maps based on an actual coastal survey by Ino Tadataka, a geographical surveyor in the Edo period, on display at an exhibition that began July 3. The event at the Tokyo Big Sight showcases copies discovered in 2001 in the United States of 207 of Ino's maps, which were drawn some 200 years ago.

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Exhibition of maps from Edo period starts in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A visitor looks at a copy of Japan's first maps based on an actual coastal survey by Ino Tadataka, a geographical surveyor in the Edo period, on display at an exhibition that began July 3. The event at the Tokyo Big Sight showcases copies discovered in 2001 in the United States of 207 of Ino's maps, which were drawn some 200 years ago.

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Tokyo landscape: Statue of pioneer cartographer stands at shrine

Photo taken on July 10, 2015, shows a bronze statue of pioneer cartographer Ino Tadataka along the approach to the Tomioka Hachimangu shrine in Tokyo. He completed the first maps covering the whole of Japan based on a unified survey system in the early 19th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido in 1st map of Japan made by famed surveyor

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido in the first map of the Japanese archipelago completed by surveyor Ino Tadataka in the early 19th century is seen in this file photo taken on Aug. 15, 2014. Researchers say the Hokkaido portion of the map was based on data collected by Ino's student and explorer Mamiya Rinzo rather than by Ino alone as previously thought. (Kyodo)