Beautiful Old Japanese Buddhist Map
This extraordinary Buddhist map was offered for sale by Southeby’s.
Three main strains: Mahayana (in China & Japan), Theravada (in Sri Lanka & Southeast Asia) and Vajrayana (in Tibet)
A brief introduction to Japanese world maps, which were initially Buddhist maps.
Mount Meru supposedly is located in the Himalayas, close to where the Buddha was born.
This map shows places shown on the Japanese Buddhist world map.
View Mount Meru in a larger map