[Japan]. 朝日新聞. [Asahi Shinbun]. Circa 1940. Colour map, 51.5 x 73 cm. Some light creasing, few small damp stains. Paper browned and friable but has been neatly re-enforced at fold lines on the verso and along upper margin. This pictorial map of the Pacific was apparently published in 1940 or..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 大日本雄辯會講談社 [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 16 [ 1941]. Colour folding pictorial map, inset map and attractively illustrated chart, 75 x 53.5cm. Some browning along folds and repaired small holes along the central fold, small circular section of abrasion, a little offsetting from illustrations of postcards on reverse but..... More

Tokyo. 大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yūbenkai Kōdansha]. Showa 6 [ 1931]. Large colour folding map of the world with attractive border of some curiously chosen flags and coats of arms along the upper and lower margins, 78 x 110 cm. Two corresponding (when folded) areas of damage can be seen off the..... More

[Tokyo]. 海上保安庁水路部. [Kaijō Hoanchō Suirobu]. Showa 34 [ 1959]. Black and white maritime chart with red highlights, scale 1:575000, 108 x 76cm, very good copy. Japanese chart of the section of the east coast of Australia from Cape Byron to Lady Elliot Island published by the Japanese Maritime Safety Board..... More

愛知 [Aichi]. 新化堂本店. [Shinkadō Honten]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Colour folding maps, sheet printed on both sides. Large striking brightly coloured map of Eastern Asia, scale 1:7000000, 108 x 77 cm. World map on reverse. Abrasion in one small place to paper at foot of Eastern Asia map, pin holes..... More

大阪. [Osaka]. 大阪毎日新聞社. [Ōsaka Mainichi Shinbunsha]. Showa 10 [ 1935]. Colour map, scale 1:3250000, 79 x 109 cm. Tiny holes at folds, neatly reinforced on the verso with Japanese archival washi. This large and brightly coloured map from 1935 covers Japan, Manchukuo, Russia and China. Various transport networks, including railway..... More

[Tokyo]. No publisher. Early Meiji (Pre 1889). Coloured copper plate map, 44 x 61 cm, folded into 14.7 x 8 cm, cloth cover with title label slightly insect damaged but still legible. Some tiny holes at folds, worming in one small place, an 8cm repair along one fold from the..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 欧文社. [Obunsha]. Showa 16 [ 1941]. Colour folding map of Oceania, Southeast Asia and islands of the North Pacific Ocean. Relief shown by spot heights and gradient tints, 61 x 85.2cm, folds to 21 x 16cm. Map is overall in very good condition: there are tiny separations at..... More

岡山. [Okayama]. 岡山県統計協会. [Okayama-ken Tokei Kyokai]. Showa 27 [ 1952]. Large colour folding map. Scale 1:200000. Black and white photographic illustrations, statistical information, charts and a small colour pictorial map on reverse. 55 x 77.8cm. Folds into paper covers measuring 19.6 x 15.2 cm. Upper cover detached, chipped and browned..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 統正社. [Tōseisha]. Showa 18. [ 1943]. Reprint. Folding colour map, scale 1:3000000, 77 x 54.5 cm, and with the original wrapper. Map corner margins, torn and wrinkled now repaired with archival washi, some soiling and light foxing. The 8th map in this Standard Maps of Greater East Asia..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 統制社. [Toseisha]. Showa 18[ 1943]. Colour folding map, scale 1:3000000, 54.2 x 76.5 cm, folds to 19 x 27cm in the original lightly worn wrapper. Closed tears repaired at fold lines with archival washi on the verso. A good copy. The 10th map in this Standard Maps of..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 統制社. [Toseisha]. Showa 18 [ 1943]. Folding colour map of the Marianas, the Marshall Islands, and the Caroline Islands. 54.5 x 76cm, large map with 10 inset maps of islands, large map scale 1:7000000, inset maps scales 1:75:000000, folded 27 x19cm. Original wrapper, small holes at centre of..... More

東京. [Tokyo]. 大同出版社. [Daidō Shuppansha]. Showa 17 [ 1942]. Large folding colour map, scale 1:40000000, 76.5 x 108cm. Light age-toning at folds and browning on the verso but the map itself is bright and in good condition. This large colour map World War II map shows Japan in the centre..... More