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*''Mujintô no zu'' (無人島之図, Picture of the Uninhabited Islands; 66.4 x 26.6 cm)

*''Mujintô no zu'' (無人島之図, Picture of the Uninhabited Islands; 66.4 x 26.6 cm)

*''Chôsen koku zenzu'' (朝鮮国全図, Complete Picture of the Country of Korea; 76.5 x 53.5 cm)

*''Chôsen koku zenzu'' (朝鮮国全図, Complete Picture of the Country of Korea; 76.5 x 53.5 cm)

*''Ezo koku zenzu'' (蝦夷国全図, Complete Picture of the Country of Ezo; 97 x 53.5 cm)

*''Ezo koku zenzu'' (蝦夷国全図, Complete Picture of the Country of Ezo; 97 x 53.5 cm)<ref>"[http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/sangokutu/index.html Sangoku tsûran zusetsu]." Kyushu University Museum Digital Archive.</ref>

Hayashi's text has been described as "the first attempt to define Japan's position in relation to its neighbors." In it, he advocates the Japanization of the Ainu, and the colonization of the then-uninhabited Ogasawara Islands. It includes a preface by Hayashi, as well as one by [[Rangaku]] scholar [[Katsuragawa Hoshu|Katsuragawa Hoshû]].

Hayashi's text has been described as "the first attempt to define Japan's position in relation to its neighbors."<ref>Morris-Suzuki. p23.</ref> In it, he advocates the Japanization of the Ainu, and the colonization of the then-uninhabited Ogasawara Islands. It includes a preface by Hayashi, as well as one by [[Rangaku]] scholar [[Katsuragawa Hoshu|Katsuragawa Hoshû]].

Shortly after its publication, Hayashi was arrested and imprisoned for daring to suggest that the shogunate was insufficiently prepared, or insufficiently powerful, to defend the country, and for publishing ideas about national defense as someone other than a shogunate official.

Shortly after its publication, Hayashi was arrested and imprisoned for daring to suggest that the shogunate was insufficiently prepared, or insufficiently powerful, to defend the country, and for publishing ideas about national defense as someone other than a shogunate official.

*Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. ''Re-Inventing Japan: Time, Space, Nation''. M.E. Sharpe, 1998. p23.

*Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. ''Re-Inventing Japan: Time, Space, Nation''. M.E. Sharpe, 1998. p23.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E9%80%9A%E8%A6%A7%E5%9B%B3%E8%AA%AC Sangoku tsûran zusetsu]." ''Hyakka jiten Mypedia''. Hitachi Solutions, 2010. Accessed via Kotobank.jp.

*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B8%89%E5%9B%BD%E9%80%9A%E8%A6%A7%E5%9B%B3%E8%AA%AC Sangoku tsûran zusetsu]." ''Hyakka jiten Mypedia''. Hitachi Solutions, 2010. Accessed via Kotobank.jp.

*"[http://record.museum.kyushu-u.ac.jp/sangokutu/index.html Sangoku tsûran zusetsu]." Kyushu University Museum Digital Archive.

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