illustration; drawing; picture
Often refers to a pictorial plan, map, or diagram, especially in historical or artistic contexts. Can also mean a simple picture or sketch.
This illustration depicts the town during the Edo period.
The clan retainers drew up a pictorial plan of the castle.
古い絵図を見ながら、昔の地形を想像する。
I imagine the old landscape while looking at the ancient map.
He spread out the old map to examine the layout of the village.
A pictorial map from the Edo period still survives in the museum.
地図 is the modern, everyday word for a map, while 絵図 usually refers to an older or hand-drawn pictorial map.
絵図 (えず) means a pictorial map or plan, while 図絵 (ずえ) is an archaic term for an illustrated picture, often seen in old book titles; the kanji order is reversed between the two.
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer
Compound of 絵 (e, 'picture') and 図 (zu, 'diagram, plan'). The reading えず is a standard combination of these two kanji.