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Japanese Military Maps
The Clark University Map Library holds an extensive collection of Japanese Military maps dating from 1897 to 1959. There are 10,241 maps in 206 series. The list of Japanese maps is also available in PDF format.

Topographic Maps

WORLD
EASTERN HEMISPHERE
EUROPE
FORMER SOVIET UNION

  • Former Soviet Union (General)
  • Former Soviet Union (Asia)
  • Former Soviet Union (Sakhalin)

SOUTH ASIA
FAR EAST
  • Far East (General)
  • China (Historical)
  • China (Regions)
  • China (Provinces)
  • China (Cities & Towns)
  • China/Manchuria (General)
  • China/Manchuria (Cities & Towns)
  • Mongolia
  • Korea
  • Taiwan
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan

SOUTHEAST ASIA
  • French Indochina
  • Thailand
  • Malaysia
  • Philippines
  • Indonesia

SOUTH PACIFIC
  • South Pacific Region (General)
  • Melanesia
  • Micronesia
  • Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Island)
  • Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago)

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Series Name Date Scale Geographic Coverage Notes
WORLD    [back to top]
Pan-Pacific 1942-43 1:3Mcountries along and within Pacific Rim00
EASTERN HEMISPHERE    [back to top]
India and West Asia 19421:6M Middle East, South and Central Asia, West China, West Mongolia, Northeast Africa 00
Far East 19421:2M Russia, China 00
Pacific North 1942-43 1:2MRussia, North China, Korea, Japan00
EUROPE    [back to top]
Europe 19441:1M Europe 31
FORMER SOVIET UNION    [back to top]
USSR 19371:5M USSR 1
USSR(East/West) 19441:2.5M CIS, parts of East Europe, Middle East 1
Former Soviet Union (Asia)
East Siberia/Far East 19361:1M Chita, Amur, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin, Manchuria 2
East Siberia/Mongolia/Manchuria 1940-43 1:500K Siberia, Buryat, Khabarovsk, Manchuria, Mongolia 2,R
Mongolia/Siberia/Manchuria Military Intelligence Map 1942-43 1:200K Buryat, Siberia, Vladivostok, Jewish Autonomous Region, Nei Mongol, Manchuria 2
East USSR 1941-44 1:100K Siberia, Buryat, Sakhalin, Far East Region 2
East USSR, West Siberia, Far East, Manchuria 1938-43 1:25K East USSR, Amur, Khabarovsk, Maritime Province 00
Far East 1940-41 1:100K Khabalovsk, North Sakhalin 2,R
Far East 1939-41 1:100K Ussuri, Maritime Province 2,R
Airports in USSR 1938-41 1:500K Chita, Amur, Maritime Province00
Khabarovsk Area 19411:500K Khabarovsk & vicinity 00
Maritime Province Central 19191:200K Mikhaylovsk 00
Nikolayevsk Area n.a.1:302K
/1:84K		 Nikolayevsk & vicinity 27
Nikolayevsk 1919-23 1:25K Nikolayevsk & vicinity 00
Sakhalin Area 19411:500K Sakhalin, Maritime Province 00
Siberia 1897-34 1:100K Siberia, Buryat 5,R
Siberia 1941-42 1:100K Khaborovsk, Vladivostok, Chita 2,R
Siberia 1938-42 1:100K Siberia, Sakhalin 2,3,R
Siberia 19231:100K Kamchatka Peninsula 00
Ussuri Province 19371:100K Ussuri Province 00
Ussuri Region 19171:50K Ussuri Province R
Siberia 19191:50K Ussuri, Maritime Province 5
Siberia 1938-39 1:25K Suchan River, Daubikhe River, Voroshilov- Prokhasko, Vladivostok 4
Vladivostok Area 19201:25K Vladivostok & vicinity R
East USSR City Plans 19411:25K 31 cities in East USSR00
Coastal Villages n.a.no scale villages in Khabarovsk & Kamchatka00
Former Soviet Union (Sakhalin)  (For additional maps, see also series listed under Far East)
Karafuto Reduced Version 1941-42 1:100K Sakhalin 00
South and North Karafuto Island 1905-09 1:50K Sakhalin 00
Sakhalin in East USSR 19421:200K North Sakhalin 6
North Sakhalin 1939-42 1:100K North Sakhalin 2,3
North Sakhalin 1921-23 1:100K North Sakhalin R
North and South Sakhalin 1921-41 1:50K South Sakhalin 11,34
Karafuto 1930-42 1:25K South Sakhalin 5,11
North Karafuto 19411:25K Aleksandrovosk, Sakhalinsky, Okha, Onor, Baykal Bay 00
Okha/Baykal Bay Area 19231:25K Okha, Maykal Bay 00
Okha Area 19241:10K Okha & vicinity 00
Tomioka Area 19081:10K Tomioka & vicinity 00
Toyohara Area 19081:10K Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk & vicinity 00
Solov'yevka Area 19081:10K Solov'yevka & vicinity
South Sakhalin 19431:5K Naihoro, Minaminayoshi, Towada00
SOUTH ASIA    [back to top]
Nicobar Islands 19441:50K Nicobar Islands 32
Ceylon Island 19421:63K Sri Lanka 00
FAR EAST (GENERAL)    [back to top]
China/Mongolia/USSR 19411:2.5M USSR-China-Mongolia border00
China/Mongolia/USSR 19321:1M USSR-China-Mongolia border00
China/USSR 19341:25K Tongjiang, Suifenhe area 11
East Asia 1897-1922 1:1MEast Asia 00
East Asia 1923-43 1:500K USSR, Sakhalin, China 00
Japan 1934-36 1:500K Japan, Kuril Islands, Korea, Taiwan, Ogasawara Islands, Ryukyu Islands 5,30
Japan 1926-42 1:50K Japan, South Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Korea, Taiwan 11
Japanese Empire 19401:2M Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands, Korea, Taiwan 00
Japanese Empire 1910-37 1:200K Japan, Kuril Islands, Taiwan00
Japanese Empire 19451:200K Japan, South Sakhalin, Taiwan 00
China (Historical)
Russo-Japanese War Historical Map 19311:50K Liaoning Province00
China (Regions)
China 19091:1M east China 8
Coastal Areas of China 19451:300K coastal areas of China from Liushun to Leizhou 9
North China 1912-29 1:100K Huai'an, Tatong, Xuanhua, Xuzhou 10
North China 1941-42 1:100K Inner Mongolia 10,11
North China 19111:50K Hebei Province 00
North China 1932-39 1:50K Changde, Huai'an, Yongping 00
North China 19401:50K Gaoping to Yicheng 00
Central China 1941-43 1:50K Huaian, Jingdezhen, Nanjin, Shanghai, Wuhu 11
South China 1913-41 1:100K east China 5,10
South China 19401:50K Wuhu 11
Kanto shu 1910-40 1:100K Kwangtung Leased Territory 29
China (Provinces)
Individual Provinces 1939-42 1:500K Fujian, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan 2
Anhui Province 1940-44 1:50K Jingdezhen, Shiliyi, Taiheyingzhou 11
East Asia 19061:50K Fuzhou, Nanridao, Quenzhou, Sho'an, Xiamen, Xinhua, Zhangzhou 00
Guangdong Province 19451:100K Papu 28
Hebei Province 1941,47 1:100K Tsunhua, Yongqing 00
Shangtung Province 19381:50K Shantung Province 32
Xinjiang (Gansu)Province 19431:25K Gansu, Tibet, Xinjiang00
Yunnan Province 1940-43 1:100K Yunnan Province 10
China (Cities & Towns)
Baoding Area 19371:20K Baoding & vicinity 00
Baihe Area 19311:25K White River & vicinity 00
China City Plans 1933-38 various various cities including Shanghai Concessions 00
Maqiazi Area 19431:30K Maqiazi & vicinity (Kwantgung Shu)00
Shanghai Area 19371:25K Shanghai & vicinity 11
West Wuhan Area 19141:20K west Wuhan 00
China/Manchuria (General)
Longjian Area 19351:50K Fuyu, Hailun, Harbin, Qiqihar 00
Manchuria 19391:1M Russia, Manchuria, Mongolia 00
Manchuria 1932-42 1:500K Manchuria, Inner Mongol 00
North Manchuria Water Supply Chart 19371:500K Heilongjiang, Jilin, Nei Mongol 12
Manchuria 19321:200K Heilongjian, Jilin, Liaoning 00
Manchuria 19331:200K Heilongjian, Jilin, Liaoning 00
Manchuria/Siberia 19391:200K Heilongjian 00
Manchuria 1938-41 1:100K Heilongjian, Jilin, Liaoning, Mongolia 2,3
Manchuria 1906-39 1:100K Heilongjian, Jilin, Liaoning, Kwangtung Leased Territory 10,29
Manchuria 1932-37 1:100K Heilongjian, Jilin, Liaoning, Kwangtung Leased Territory 10,29
Manchuria 1940-43 1:100K Heilongjian, Jilin, Liaoning, Kwangtung Leased Territory 10,29
Manchuria 19271:50K Baiquan and Keshan & vicinity 00
Manchuria 19351:50K Chengde & vicinity 00
Manchuria 19331:50K Jinzhou, Liaoyang 00
Manchuria 1919-36 1:25K Kwantung Leased Territory, Liaoning 00
Qing Dynasty 1908-10 1:100K Nei Mongol 00
Shenyang (Fengtian) Area 1932-33 1:50K Changchun, Fenghua, Hailong, Heishan, Jinzhou, Kailu, Liaoyang, Shengyang 5
Songhua/Lalin River 1922-23 1:50K Lalin River, Songhua & vicinity00
Taonan Area 1932-35 1:50K Fuyu, Fenghua, Kailu, Tuquan 00
China/Manchuria (Cities & Towns)
Changchun Area 19361:10K Changchun & vicinity 00
Dalian Area 1937-43 1:1.2K Dalian, Fujiazhuang, Shidaojie, Xiaopingdao 00
Douman River Fortification Area 1907-08 1:20K Douman River Area 13
Hailar Area 19371:25K Hailar & vicinity 00
Kanto shu 1910-40 1:100K Kwangtung Leased Territory 29,30
Lushun Fortification Area 19051:5K Lushun & vicinity 00
Nanshan Area 19051:5K Nanshan (Jinxian) & vicinity 00
Taipingling Area 19321:10K Taipingling & vicinity 00
Mongolia
Mongolia 19411:200K Buriden-sume & vicinity 00
Mongolia 19381:100K east Mongolia 00
Korea
Chosen (Korea) 1921-38 1:200K North & South Korea 00
Korea 1933-34 1:100K Puryang 00
Korea 1918-38 1:50K North & South Korea 5
Korea 1919-38 1:25K North & South Korea 00
Chinhae Bay Fortification Area 19051:10K Chinhae Bay & vicinity00
Korea City Plans 1916-17 1:10K 44 cities in Korea 00
Mokp'o Area 19141:10K Mokp'o & vicinity 00
Najin Fortification Area 1907-08 1:20K Najin & vicinity 13
Najin Vicinity 19331:5K Najin & vicinity 14
Najin 1932no scale Najin Fortification 00
Seoul City Plans 19051:1.2K Seoul & vicinity 15
Unggi to Najin Area 19321:10K Najin & vicinity 14
Taiwan
Japanese Empire 1933-44 1:200K Taiwan 00
Taiwan 1925-47 1:50K Taiwan 00
Hoko Islands Fortification Area 19041:50K Penghu Islands & vicinity00
Taiwan 1922-42 1:25K west coast of Taiwan 00
Taiwan n.a.no scale Chipeiyu, Fangliao, Fengshan, Makung, Taihoku, Tainan, Tayu, Tungshiyu 00
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Area 1937-40 1:20K Hong Kong & vicinity 14,33
Japan
Japan 19451:50K Central Honshu including Tokyo 00
Japan 19451:50K Hokkaido, North Honshu 00
Japan 19451:50K South Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu 9
Japan 1914-37 1:25K central Honshu including Tokyo 5,30
Japan 1929-37 1:25K Hokkaido, North Honshu 30
Japan 1929-35 1:25K south Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu 30
Japan 19211:25K Ryukyu Islands including Okinawa Islands 30
Japan City Plans 1946-47 various Kawasaki, Kuwana, Tsu, Nagasaki, Tsuruga, Yokkaichi 11
Kuril Islands Army/ Navy Chart 19441:50K Kuril Islands (Chishima Retto)00
Shimonoseki Fortification Area 19001:10K Shimonoseki & vicinity00
Shimoshizu /Narashino 1932-32 1:10K Narashino to Shimoshizu00
Southwest Islands Army/Navy Chart 19441:50K Ryukyu Islands including Okinawa Islands 9
Tokyo Area 1958-59 1:10K Tokyo & vicinity, post-WWII 11
Tokyo Area 19471:10K Tokyo & vicinity, post-WWII 11
Tokyo Area 19371:10K Tokyo & vicinity, pre-WWII 11
Yokohama Area 19391:10K Yokohama & vicinity 00
Yura Fortification Area 1900-01 1:10K Yura & vicinity 00
SOUTHEAST ASIA    [back to top]
French Indochina
French Indochina 19401:400K Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos 18
French Indochina 1940-41 1:100K Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos 19
Thailand
Thailand 19411:200K Thailand 20
Thailand 19411:50K Pak Phanang, Pattani, Songkhla 11,21
Malaysia
Borneo 19441:100K Sabah 11
British Malay 19411:50K Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor 20
Malay 19421:50K Johore, Kedah, Pelis 20
Philippines
Luzon Island Area Intelligence Map 19381:200K Luzon Island and nearby islands 00
Luzon Island 19411:100K Luzon Island 00
Luzon Island Chart 19411:50K Luzon Island 11
Philippines 19441:100K Bobol, Mindoro, Samar 11
Philippines 19441:50K Mindanao, South Luzon Island 11
Tacloban Area 19411:50K east Visayan Island 00
Indonesia
Borneo 19421:100K Samarinda & vicinity 23
Celebes Island 19431:100K Celebes Island 23
Dutch Borneo/ Borneo 1940, 43 1:200K Tarakan, Balik Papan 22
Dutch Borneo 19401:100K Banjarmasin & vicinity 23
Dutch Indies 19421:200K Sangihe, Pantar, Sawoe Islands 22
East Papua Island Strategic Map 19431:500K border of Irian Jaya & Papua New Guinea 2
Halmahera Island 19441:100K Halmahera to Gilolo Islands 11
Indonesia Army/Navy Chart 19441:100K Palau Nias, Kepulauan Kai 9
Kepplauan Tanimbar 19441:100K Tanimbar Islands 11
Roti Island Strategic Map 19431:100K Roti Island to Lesser Sunda Island 9
West New Guinea 19431:500K Irian Jaya, Keplauan Aru 2
West Papua 1943-44 1:100K Irian Jaya 11
SOUTH PACIFIC    [back to top]
General
South Pacific 1942-43 1:2MSouth Pacific Islands, Australia00
Pacific Islands 19421:6M South Pacific Islands 00
Melanesia 
New Georgia Islands Area 19431:150K Solomon Islands 00
Torokina Airport 19441:20K Trokina Airport on Bougainville Island 11
Micronesia
Caroline Islands 1911-49 various Caroline Islands 24
Gilbert Islands 1943various Kiribati 24
Mariana Islands 1943-44 various Mariana Islands, Saipan 24
Marshall Islands 1943various Marshall Islands 24
Nauru Islands 19211:25K Nauru Island 24
Papua New Guinea (New Guinea Island)
East New Guinea Strategic Map 19431:250K Madang Area 2
East Papua 19441:100K east New Guinea 11
Kwnusi River 19421:50K Kwnusi River bank 11
Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Archipelago)
Admiralty Islands 19441:100K Admiralty Islands 11
Bismarck Archipelago 1943-44 1:100K Bismarck Archipelago 11
Bismarck Archipelago 19441:50K Rabaul & vicinity 11
Bismarck Archipelago 19431:35K Aiseg, Arawe, Gloucester, Sagsag, Wasum 11
Rabaul Area 1943-44 1:50K Rabaul & vicinity 11
NUMBER OF MAPS:   9,997

 

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NOTES

R. Printed in Russian and Japanese.

1. Does not contain topographic information.

2. Color overprints contain strategic information on population, terrain, vegetation, seasonal road conditions, and the route taken by the survey team.

3. Series also includes eastern Siberia (100K), Sakhalin North (100K), and Manchuria (100K).

4. Covers Far East Region of former Soviet Union, although series name is "Siberia."

5. Large number of maps, in more than two folders.

6. Duplicated and translated from maps prepared by Red Army General Staff (Generalny Shtab Krasnoy Armii).

7. Based on the British Ceylon Survey (1936-37).

8. Based on German series, Karte von Ost-China (1909).

>9. Includes topographic and hydrographic information.

10. See also 100K Northern and Southern China, 100K Manchuria, 100K Northern China (Inner Mongolia).

11. Based on aerial photos.

12. Color overprints contain information on water supply, seasonal road conditions, and water quality.

13. The two series, Douman River Area (1907-08) and Najin Fortification Area (1907-08), cover the same area and have the same scale, date of publication, quadrangle names and grid system.

14. Contains physical and intelligence information.

15. Contains land use information.

16. Duplicated from Carte routiere de l'Indochine Feuille (1939). Printed in French and Japanese.

17. Duplicated from Carte de l'Indochine Feuille (1907-36). Printed in French and Japanese.

18. Duplicated from 1:200K charts (1918) published by Thailand Geography Bureau.

19. Based on aerial photographs, 1:200K Thailand (1918,1941) and Navy Chart #704.

20. Duplicated from British maps (1924-41) published by Federal Malay States and the Straits Settlements Survey Bureau.

21. Duplicated from Topographic Inrichting Batavia (1924).

22. Duplicated from the Dutch series, Algemeene Shetskaart van Nederllandsh-Indie (1940-41) and/or Nederlandsch-Indie (1924-1925).

23. Duplicated from Dutch maps.

24. Color overprints contain strategic information on elevation, population, climate, natural resources, vegetation, sanitation, and epidemic diseases.

25. Contains topographic information.

26. Contains information on population, soil, culture, nutrition, and climate.

27. Includes information on cannons: types, location, and range.

28. Duplicated from maps made by Republic of China (1930).

29. Kwangtung Leased Territory was located on the southern tip of the Liaotung Peninsula. The territory also included adjacent islands, notably the Changshan Islands.

30. This series was published under the name, Japanese Empire.

31. AMS 1301.

32. AMS L733.

33. GSGS 3868.

34. AMS L761 & L762.

 

 

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