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1904

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Kurokawa, Ryūemon

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Tokyo : Ryūemon Kurokawa

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1 map : color ; 105.5 x78 cm. First edition, October 1904. A poster map published in Tokyo by the boutique mapmaker Ryūemon Kurokawa to showcase the theater of the Russo-Japanese War. Inset: map of Eurasia that contextualizes the battle theater. Shows railways and main roads, stations and towns labelled in lozenges, shipping route with some accompanied by pictographic representations of Japanese vessels, anchorages, forts, and ancient walls. Japanese territories and zones of control are outlined in red (Japan proper), Korea in orange, Russian in green, and Chinese in pink. Northern Manchuria (with the great railway hub of Harbin) is shown to be under Russian control, while Southern Manchuria was the center of contention.

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Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, East Asia

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https://hdl.handle.net/10524/73952

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Map

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1904

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Northeast Asia Collection

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Early and Historical Maps