[Map of Railway Lines Managed by the Imperial Railway Board].

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Good. Areas of infill at top-left and top-right. Marginal creases and repaired tears. Occasional creasing and wear along fold lines throughout. Reinforcement on the verso with archival tissue. Small are of loss at bottom-right corner. Small hole just below the title of the inset map at top-left. Size 42 x 31.5 Inches. An imposing wall map depicting Japan's railway network, produced in 1918 by the Imperial Railway Board and published by the Toppan Printing Company. It demonstrates the country's large and growing rail network and hints at its larger ambitions to build close connections with the rest of East Asia. A Closer Look The main map focuses on the Japanese home islands, from Hokkaido to Kyushu, illustrating the country's rail network in remarkable detail. A legend below the map explains that red lines indicate rail lines operated by the government (????), including express service (in green), and lines under construction, along with private rail lines, automobile roads, shipping lines (including some operated by the Imperial Railway Board), and underwater telegraph cables. Cities and towns (some transliterated in Latin letters), administrative borders, mountains, temporary rail stations, famous historical and cultural sites, temples, hot springs, and other features are all assiduously recorded. An inset map of East and Southeast Asia appears at top-left, with rail and shipping lines prominently marked. At bottom-right, insets of Taiwan, Karafuto (South Sakhalin), Tokyo, and Osaka are displayed, similarly highlighting their rail and maritime connections. A table at bottom-center lists major holidays and the date of each Sunday (the most typical day for leisure travel) throughout the year. Growing Ambitions in East Asia At bottom-center is a bird's eye view of northeast Asia titled 'Connecting transportation routes between Japan and China' (?????????), displaying connections between Japan and points as far as Datong, Hangzhou, Harbin, and Vladivostok, directly by sea or by rail via Korea and Manchuria. The view underscores Japan's growing sphere of influence and colonial control in the region, which would bring it into tension and eventually conflict with both the Soviet Union and major Western powers in the coming decades. It is signed 'Yoshida' in Latin letters and includes a symbol with the character ?, indicating that it was drawn by Yoshida Hatsusabur? (?????). In the 1920s and 1930s, Yoshida would become the best-known artist of this sort of bird's eye view in Japan, aided in large part by his close association with the country's railway bureaucracy. On either side of the view, text provides information on the total trackage under government administration (5,940 ri , or nearly 20,000 kilometers); fares by route type, distance, and class; costs for parcels and shipping; hotels and financial services provided by the railways; and information explaining the view itself, discussing the connections between Japan and China. Expansion and Nationalization of Japan's Railways Like much of the Western world, Japan saw a boom in railway construction in the late 19th century, a combination of private ventures, government-operated lines, and lines built through public-private partnerships. Around the turn of the century, the Japanese government aimed for standardization and rationalization of the system and hoped to expand the network to every corner of the Japanese home islands. Troubles encountered during the Russo-Japanese War (1904 - 05) only strengthened these concerns, and in 1906, major interurban lines were nationalized, a move welcomed by the shareholders of the pre-existing companies, which had become unprofitable. But suburban commuter lines and light rail lines (????) to more remote areas and smaller cities continued to be privately operated, often with considerable government support. Two years after this map's publication, the Imperial Railway Board (???), which produced this map, was reorganized as the Ministry of.…

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Titre
[Map of Railway Lines Managed by the Imperial Railway Board].
Auteur
1918 Toppan Printing Co. Map of Japanese Railways
Année de publication
1918
Signé
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