A view of yamanote (above), nihonbashi (center) and shitamachi (below) by utagawa hiroshige. Nihonbashi is at the center of the map. (sugoroku (a type of board game) showing famous places around edo)this is a sugoroku (a type of board game) showing a bird's-eye view of famous places around edo. Starting from nihonbashi, players passed through the 54 famous places of edo, before returning to nihonbashi which was also the goal. The picture shows not only the names of famous places, which formed the squares of the board game, but also the names of other famous places and towns. 」. Date: Circa 1858 (安政6年4月). Shitamachi
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