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    Japanese pre-war colonization Cover title. English and Japanese, with ms. Spanish translations of Japanese captions. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 南洋二於ケル邦人拓殖事業状況圖 --Japanese Enterprises in the South Seas and the Distribution of Japanese Nationals -- Distribution of Products in the South Seas Area -- 邦人世界分布圖 -- Japanese Nationals Living Abroad -- Distribution of Japanese Nationals [Asia, Oceania] -- Distribution of...
    • Contributor: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
    • Date: 1935

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    Chōsen zengan = Preliminary chart, Korea, including Tsushima and Iki Islands compiled from Japanese and Foreign Government surveys to 1880
    Preliminary chart, Korea, including Tsushima and Iki Islands compiled from Japanese and Foreign Government surveys to 1880 / | Preliminary chart Korea including Tsushima and Iki Islands compiled from Japanese and Foreign Government surveys to 1880 Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
    Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes text, "Chōsen engan no zu wa jūrai Eihan no zu ari mata sono Higashigan kaizu wa Ro soku no mono ari ... Meiji 15-nen Kaigun Suirokyoku." "Hy[d]rographic Office Japan, price 70 sen"--in lower left margin. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy has English writing in red...
    • Contributor: Japan. Kaigunshō. Suirokyoku
    • Date: 1882-01-01
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    Nihon kaisan chōrikuzu
    日本海山潮陸図 / | Nihon sankai zudō taizen
    Title "Nihon sankai zudō taizen" from Nihon koezu shūsei, suppl., p. 103. Facsimile. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Pictorial map. "Wachō no zukei sakizaki ōshi ima mata dōro meisho tō taigai kakikuwae kaihan seshimuru mono nari." Shows fuedal fiefs. Includes distance chart, list of important place names and shrines, and chart of seasonal changes. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: Sagamiya, Tah - Ishikawa, Tomonobu
    • Date: 1691
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    Zōtei Dai Nihon kokugun yochi rotei zenzu zen
    増訂大日本國郡輿地路程全圖全 / | Dai Nihon kokugun yochi rotei zenzu
    Cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Shows shipping routes with distances. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 651
    • Contributor: Nagakubo, Sekisui - Suzuki, Kien - Izumoji, Manjirō
    • Date: 1852-01-01
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    Dai Nihon kairiku zenzu
    大日本海陸全圖 /
    Wood block print. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Includes distance charts. Based on map created by Nagakubo Sekisui. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651
    • Contributor: Baisotei, Gengyo - Nagakubo, Sekisui
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Seisen Dai Nihon zenzu, ichimei, Dōchū hitori annai : tsuketari, meishōga iri Alternate title: Dai Nihon zenzu. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes 5 insets, table of guns (counties), and ill. of points of interest in margins.
    • Contributor: Sagano, Hikotarō
    • Date: 1888-01-01
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    Sangoku tsūran yochi rotei zenzu
    三国通覧輿地路程全圖 /
    Shows Japan, Korea, coast of China, Ryūkyū Islands, Ezo/Hokkaido, Sakhalin/Karafuto and northern islands. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Title from title piece mounted on cover. Worm holes in the map. Coordinates in Japanese on map of Sangoku tsūron zusetsu. "Chōsen, Ryūkyū narabini Karafuto ... " Kotenseki, v. 1, p. 391 (under Sangoku tsūron zusetsu, author, Hayashi Shihei, [suppl.] chizu, completed Tenmei 5 [1785]; Sangoku tsūran yochi...
    • Contributor: Hayashi, Shihei
    • Date: 1785-01-01
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    Dai Nihon enkai yochi zenzu
    大日本沿海輿地全図 / | Alternate title: [Inō taizu] | Alternate title: [Japan, Hokkaido to Kyushu] | Alternate title: Inō daizu
    "This map was created by Tadataka Inō (1745-1818), an amateur astronomer and surveyor who produced maps of extraordinary accuracy and had a great impact on cartography in Japan. Spanning a total of 214 sheets, Inō's large map of Japan shows the coastal outlines of the entire archipelago along with rivers and major roads. To complete the map, Inō and his team took a total...
    • Contributor: Inō, Tadataka
    • Date: 1800

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    [Nihon-zu sara]. Made in Tempō period, 1830-1843. Shows most of Japan on a plate of Imari ware: Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Date: 1830-01-01
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    Dai Nihon kokugun yochi zenzu.
    大日本国郡輿地全圖 | Kaei shinzō Dai Nihon kokugun yochi zenzu | Nihon dōchūki
    Map covers Matsmae to Ryūkyū Okinawa, Hachijōjima, Chōsen nantan. Relief shown pictorially. Map shows cities and towns, distance, boundaries, longitude line. Cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Japanese. Other title, "Kaei shinzō Dai Nihon kokugun yochi zenzu" on cover, "Nihon dōchūki" in note. Includes distance chart from Edo, "Musashi no kuni jū Edo shokoku dōhō no ki." LC...
    • Contributor: Takashiba, Sanʼyū - Takashiba, Sanʾyū
    • Date: 1849-01-01
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    Shinkoku Nihon yochi rotei zenzu
    Nihon yochi rotei zenzu
    Woodblock print. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. LC copy annotated in black ink. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Nagakubo, Sekisui
    • Date: 1779-01-01
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    Abekawa-dōri sanchū ichien ezu
    安部川通山中一圓繪圖 / | /
    Relief shown pictorially. Map shows villages along Abe River and Sunpu Castle. Cover title. Manuscript; watercolor and ink. Manuscript for an official map began Feb. 2, Enkyō 5 [1748]. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Pictorial map. Text on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Prev. call no. G7962.A32 1862 .I3 Vault Shelf Vault AACR2...
    • Contributor: Ichiryūtei Shoraku Dōjin
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Ezo kōkyō yochi zenzu
    蝦夷闔境輿地全圖 / | /
    Wood-block print. Relief shown pictorially. Japanese. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 651/1; 651/2; 651/3
    • Contributor: Utagawa, Sadahide - Fujita, Junsai
    • Date: 1854-01-01
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    Kanpan jissoku Nihon chizu. Ezo shotō
    官板・實測日本地圖 | Jissoku Nihon chizu | Ezo shotō
    Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Title from cover pasted on verso. LC copy imperfect: worm holes. Includes Etorofu and Kunashiri islands. LC copy 2 has "8967[?] 08" pencilled-in, indicating this is in Asakawa [Kan'ichi] collection. LC copy 1 has "E.N. Van Reed, Yokohama, 1870" written. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "大學南校"--Stamped on copy 2. NACSIS...
    • Contributor: Inō, Tadataka
    • Date: 1870-01-01
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    Okinawa henkan kinenzu = Map of Japan.
    沖縄返還記念図 = Map of Japan | Map of Japan
    Oriented with north towards upper right. "In commemoration of the return by the United States to Japan of Administrative Rights over the Ryūkyū Islands and the Daitō Islands, May 15, 1972." "Copy 52 of 100." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy includes notes from donor: "In November 1969 President Nixon announced that the United States...
    • Date: 1972-01-01
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    Shinkoku fukui butoku anmin, Okatame taihei kagami : Izu, Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimōsa
    神國伏夷武徳安民・御固泰平鑑 : 伊豆・相模・武蔵・安房・上総・下総 | Okatame taihei kagami
    Shows coast defense of Tokyo Bay in 1852. Includes notes describing the troops and list of names of Samurais in charge of defense of Tokyo Bay on an attached sheet, pasted on bottom of map. Pictorial map. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Acquisitions control no. 29-82 Vault
    • Date: 1852
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    [Suruga no Kuni zu]. Title supplied. Relief shown pictorially. Label attached to map: C. Copy of reduced map by Inō (71 years ago). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Inō, Tadataka
    • Date: 1816-01-01
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    Suruga no Kuni zenzu.
    駿河國全圖
    Wood block print. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2
    • Contributor: Kikuya, Kōzaburō
    • Date: 1828-01-01
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    Kita Kyūshū kōshahōtai haibi yōzu.
    北九州高射砲隊配備要圖
    Confidential "Gunji gokuhi" printed. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Positioning and location of anti-aircraft guns written-in on printed map. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Website.
    • Date: 1945-01-01
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    Edo ōezu
    江戶大繪圖 /
    Cover title. Wood block print. Oriented with north to the right. Japanese. Cadastral map showing landowners. LC copy annotated in black ink in upper right corner. Reduced ed. of official map compiled by Hōjō Awa no Kami. Includes text and inset. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2 Note in upper right mentions Edo (Tokyo) big...
    • Contributor: Ochikochi Dōin
    • Date: 1676-01-01