{"title":"Historical Maps of China","description":"Original cartographic materials — folded survey maps, atlas plates and annotated prefecture charts — spanning the Qing dynasty through the Republican era, sourced from geography institutes and private collections in Japan.","products":[{"product_id":"map-of-harbin-special-city-xinyang-ward-land-sale-lease-plan-1936-manchukuo-1-5000","title":"Map of Harbin Special City, Xinyang Ward - Land Sale \u0026 Lease Plan, 1936 Manchukuo (1:5000)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;line-height:1.7;color:#2b2b2b;max-width:760px;\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2 style=\"font-variant:small-caps;letter-spacing:.5px;border-bottom:1px solid #c8b89a;padding-bottom:8px;\"\u003eHarbin Special City — Xinyang Ward Land Sale \u0026amp; Lease Map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-style:italic;color:#5a5a5a;\"\u003eA large single-sheet city-planning map of the Xinyang ward of Harbin Special City, issued in 1936 under Manchukuo — a primary cartographic document of urban administration in 1930s Manchuria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-variant:small-caps;color:#6b4f2a;\"\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eUnder Manchukuo, Harbin grew into one of the principal cities of northern Manchuria, a cosmopolitan railway hub where municipal authorities undertook ambitious programmes of surveying, zoning and land development. Maps of this kind were working instruments of that administration, prepared to govern the sale and leasing of municipal land — and they survive today as vivid records of how the modern city was planned and parcelled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-variant:small-caps;color:#6b4f2a;\"\u003eThe Map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eTitled as the land sale and lease plan for the Xinyang ward of Harbin Special City, this map was prepared in 1936 (Kangde 3 \/ Showa 11) by the Land Section, Urban Construction Bureau, Harbin Special City Government. It is a single-sided sheet at a scale of 1:5000, measuring approximately 78 x 108 cm — a generous format that renders individual plots and street layouts in fine detail. As an original period planning document of Manchukuo-era Harbin, it is a scarce survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003ch3 style=\"font-variant:small-caps;color:#6b4f2a;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eFine overall and presenting handsomely. There is slight staining to the verso (reverse side). Fold-lines consistent with a map of this size and age are to be expected. A clean and attractive example; please review all images, which form part of the description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"font-size:.85em;color:#8a7a5c;border-top:1px solid #e3d8c2;padding-top:10px;\"\u003eFrom a curated holding of East Asian historical maps and documents, offered by an antiquarian dealer specialising in rare Japanese and East Asian materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"KT Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455184007449,"sku":"N0000004256","price":257100.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2264\/9113\/files\/20230428161357890961_bafda974fe4d19a6a409353cc97fec72.jpg?v=1780292592"},{"product_id":"birds-eye-view-of-kongo-zan-diamond-mountain-korea-pictorial-map-chо̄sen-governor-generals-temporary-land-survey-bureau-1923","title":"Bird's-Eye View of Kongo-zan (Diamond Mountain), Korea: Pictorial Map, Chosen Governor-General's Temporary Land Survey Bureau, 1923","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBird's-Eye View of Kongo-zan (Diamond Mountain), Korea — Pictorial Map, 1923\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA finely realised bird's-eye pictorial map of Kongo-zan — the celebrated Diamond Mountains of Korea — issued by the Temporary Land Survey Bureau of the Chosen Governor-General, in a revised printing of 1922 and dated to 1923. Rendered in the aerial-perspective tradition, the sheet sweeps across the famed peaks, valleys, and scenic landmarks of one of East Asia's most renowned mountain landscapes, presenting the range as both topography and spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced during the period of colonial administration in Korea, the map belongs to the official survey and tourism culture of its day, and original sheets retaining their issuing folder are now uncommon. Beyond its evident decorative appeal, it stands as a primary cartographic document of how the Diamond Mountains were surveyed, named, and presented to the traveller in the early 1920s — a source of real interest to historians of cartography, of the colonial period in Korea, and of East Asian travel and landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn elegant and genuine pictorial map of the period, of clear appeal to collectors of historical maps and East Asian materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KT Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455395393817,"sku":"N0000000794","price":113100.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2264\/9113\/files\/547709235_large_2aef1a89-2a10-49e4-a17b-30059d470864.jpg?v=1780292666"},{"product_id":"border-and-economic-map-of-manchuria-mongolia-soviet-territory-and-north-china-scale-1-4-000-000-with-statistical-summaries-1936","title":"Border and Economic Map of Manchuria, Mongolia, Soviet Territory and North China, Scale 1:4,000,000: With Statistical Summaries, 1936","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBorder and Economic Map of Manchuria, Mongolia, Soviet Territory and North China — Scale 1:4,000,000, 1936\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA large-scale border and economic map of 1936 covering Manchuria, Mongolia, the adjoining Soviet territory, and North China, drawn at a scale of one to four million and accompanied by statistical summaries of Manchuria and of the five provinces of North China. The sheet sets the political borders of the Northeast and the China frontier against an economic reading of the region — resources, administration, and the statistical anatomy of lands then at the centre of contending interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced at a moment of mounting strategic attention to the Manchuria-Mongolia-Soviet frontier and to North China, the map is a primary cartographic and economic document of how those territories were measured, bordered, and assessed on the eve of wider conflict. Period maps of this scope, pairing a border depiction with statistical apparatus, are specific survivals of real documentary interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA genuine cartographic source of the period, of clear appeal to historians of cartography, of Northeast Asian geography and economy, and to collectors of historical maps of China and East Asian materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KT Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455470268697,"sku":"N0000007385","price":81200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2264\/9113\/files\/235956155_large_82eb42c4-de72-46da-808f-89efb42502d3.jpg?v=1780292703"},{"product_id":"street-map-of-harbin-scale-1-16-000-hirooka-mitsuji-1941","title":"Street Map of Harbin, Scale 1:16,000: Hirooka Mitsuji, 1941","description":"\u003ch2\u003eStreet Map of Harbin — Scale 1:16,000, 1941\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA detailed street map of Harbin compiled by Hirooka Mitsuji and published in 1941, drawn to a scale of one to sixteen thousand and printed with street names throughout. The sheet sets out the layout of the city at the height of the Manchukuo era — its avenues, districts, and thoroughfares rendered in the close detail of a working city plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe map carries, as inset panels, a regional map of the Manchukuo territory and a Japan-Manchuria communication and transport map, situating Harbin within the wider geography of the Northeast and its connections. It was issued in its own paper folder, titled the Complete Map of Harbin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a primary cartographic source, a named street map of Harbin at this scale offers a precise reading of the city's form and toponymy at a fixed moment, of clear value to historians of Harbin, of urban cartography, and of the Northeast. Folding city maps of this kind, issued for practical use, survive only sparingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA genuine cartographic artefact of the period, well suited to a serious collection of historical maps of China and East Asian historical materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KT Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455489274137,"sku":"N0000009983","price":46100.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2264\/9113\/files\/20240810121816773074_ed4ea192a66c36ac8170fde533799569.jpg?v=1780292731"},{"product_id":"map-of-the-city-of-harbin-china-1942-large-single-sheet-street-map","title":"Map of the City of Harbin (China), 1942 - Large Single-Sheet Street Map","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMap of the City of Harbin (China), 1942\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA striking large-format street map of Harbin, the great cosmopolitan railway city of northern Manchuria, printed in 1942. Measuring approximately 76 by 54 centimetres and produced on a single sheet, this cartographic document captures the dense urban fabric of a city that, in the first half of the twentieth century, stood at the crossroads of Chinese, Russian, and Japanese influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarbin grew rapidly from the late nineteenth century around the Chinese Eastern Railway, attracting merchants, engineers, and emigrants from across Eurasia. By the 1940s it had become one of the most distinctive cities of the region, known for its Russian-influenced architecture, its multinational commercial districts, and its role as a transport hub linking the rail and river networks of the north. A street map of this scale and date offers a rare window onto the layout, districts, and infrastructure of the wartime city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a primary cartographic resource of genuine historical interest to collectors of East Asian historical materials, students of Manchurian urban history, and those drawn to the rich, layered story of Harbin itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KT Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455508771097,"sku":"N0000005875","price":33800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2264\/9113\/files\/20201015163737507613_9b7b5fd806cbd7a692824ad02024978c.jpg?v=1780292758"}],"url":"https:\/\/kujira-vintage.myshopify.com\/collections\/historical-maps-china.oembed","provider":"KT Japan Curio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}