[MAP OF ASIA SHOWING JEWISH AUTONOMOUS OBLAST].

キング付録最新大亜細亜地図. [Kingu furoku saishin dai-Ajia chizu].<BR> [Kingu Supplement Updated Map of Greater Asia].

東京. [Tokyo]. 淵田忠良. [Fuchida, Tadayoshi]. 昭和12 [ 1937]. Stock ID #218295

Large folding colour map in very good condition. Scale one to Large colour folding map, 1,000,000. 78.5 x 109.5cm. Edited by Kingu Henshukyoku. キング編輯局編纂. original envelope (27.5 x 20.5cm), a little very light browning. A very good copy.

This map was issued as the New Year supplement for the very popular Japanese magazine, Kingu (King), in January 1937. The editorial principle of the magazine was "to offer fun and useful information for the readers", and its monthly sales reached more than a million copies in 1928.

This large map of Asia and the Soviet Union provides detailed geographical information together with data on the strength of the Soviet Red Army. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast is marked in an area where there are high concentrations of Red Army forces. Additional information such as trading figures, population and Soviet, French and British foreign powers' spheres of influence in China are also shown. The population of Japanese residents in various regions are given: for example, 1,335,790 Japanese residents in Manchuria and 3,813 in eastern Russia.

This map provides not only geographical information on Asia, but also some information on the military strength of the Soviet Union, which at the time was regarded as the formidable threat to Japan. This map foreshadows the many battles that were to be fought in the region within just a few short years of its publication.

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