Topographic Map of Japan (medium scale)

The NDL's collection of topographic maps includes medium scale maps (1:100,000-1:10,000)as described below.
Numbers shown in brackets 【】 indicate the NDL call number for an item.

1. NDL's Collections

1-1. Maps issued by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and its antecedent organizations

"Photocopying restricted" materials are not available for same-day photoduplication service due to concerns over deterioration. Only black-and-white later-date photoduplication (sent by mail) service is available.

ScaleSeriesPublisherYear of publicationCoverageHolding information
/How to search
1:100,0001:100,000 Composite mapGeospatial Information Authority of Japan1980-Tokyo,
Chiba,
Utsunomiya,
Mito,
Osaka,
Nagoya, etc.
List
1:100,000 Topographic MapEmpire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau1917-1919Honshu,
Shikoku,
Kyushu
List
[1:100,000 Topographic1:50,000Map]Empire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau1892-1895Shimoda,
Iragomisaki,
Numazu,
Omaezaki
1:50,0001:50,000 Topographic MapGeospatial Information Authority of Japan,
Home Ministry Geographical Survey Institute,
Empire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau
[1897]-2009
*Update was stopped in 2009.
Whole of JapanSearch by typing a map title in the title column and YG1-Z-5.0-* in the call number column on the "NDL Search" with Refiners.
Specific 1:50,000 Topographic MapProduced by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan,
Chizu-kyoukai
1965Some areasList
(1:50,000 Rapid Survey Map and Tentative Map)Empire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau1891-1898The suburbs of Utsunomiya:List
The suburbs of Nagoya:List
The suburbs of Osaka:List
The suburbs of Wakayama:List
The headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army's 5th Division(Hiroshima):List
The suburbs of Kokura:List
The suburbs of Fukuoka:List
The suburbs of Kurume:List
1:25,0001:25,000 Topographic MapGeospatial Information Authority of Japan,
Geographical Survey Institute,
Empire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau
[1910]-Whole of JapanSearch by typing a map title in the title column and YG1-Z-2.5-* in the call number column on the "NDL Search" with Refiners.
Replica corpus books
Related Websites
1:20,0001:20,000 Topographic MapThe Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office Land Surveying Bureau1888-1932Sendai,
Yamagata,
Main plain areas to the west of Kanto
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 4.43MB)
Replica corpus books
Tentative Topographic MapEmpire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau[1886]-1901Osaka,
Kyoto,
Shiga,
Nara,
Wakayama,
Hyogo
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.05MB)
Replica corpus books
The first military district Rapid Survey MapLand Surveying Bureau,
The Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office Land Surveying Bureau
[1883]-1900Almost all of the Kanto plainIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.89MB)
Replica:Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.84MB)
Replica corpus books
The original drawings of the first military district 1:20,000 Rapid Survey MapThe Imperial Japanese Army General Staff OfficeProduced in 1880-1886Almost all of the Kanto plainReplica:Index map in Japanese
(PDF 2.41MB)
Replica corpus books
Related Websites
(1:20,000 Rapid Survey Map and Tentative Map)The headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army's 7th Division[1902]The suburbs of IwamizawaIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 915KB)
The 5th Infantry Regiment[1892-1893]AomoriIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 991KB)
The staff section of Chindai (garrison) in Nagoya1887The suburbs of Ogaki,
Nagoya
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.66MB)
Land Surveying Bureau[1896]The suburbs of Takamatsu and MarugameIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.23MB)
Land Surveying Bureau1893The suburbs of Geishū-yokkaichiIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.29MB)
Land Surveying Bureau[1896]The suburbs of SaijoIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.29MB)
The staff section of Chindai (garrison) in Kumamoto[1887]Kokura-UsaIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.15MB)
The staff section of the 6th Shidan (division) (Japanese Army)1893
[1897]
The suburbs of Fukuoka and SagaIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.10MB)
The staff section of the 6th Shidan (division) (Japanese Army)1892The suburbs of KurumeIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 903KB)
[The staff section of the 6th Shidan (division) (Japanese Army)][189-]The suburbs of KagoshimaIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 851KB)
(The staff section of the 6th Shidan (division) (Japanese Army) 1:20,000)The staff section of the 6th Shidan (division) (Japanese Army)1892-1894Photocopying restricted
Map of the suburbs of Fukuoka:【YG913-2312】
Map of the suburbs of Amagi:【YG913-2315】
Map of the suburbs of Kurume:【YG913-2314】
Map of the suburbs of Saga:【YG913-2311】
Map of the suburbs of Fumoto:【YG913-2313】
Map of the suburbs of Miyaji:【YG913-2248】
Map of the suburbs of Kumamoto:【YG913-2308】
Map of the suburbs of Uto:【YG913-2307】
Map of suburbs of Nakatsu (visual estimation):【YG913-2309】
Ji Maebaru Shi Takeo (Map surveyed on the road from Maebaru to Takeo) :【YG913-2316】
Ji Takamori Shi Kitanakashima (Map surveyed on the road from Takamori to Kitanakashima):【YG913-2310】
1:10,0001:10,000 Topographic MapGeospatial Information Authority of Japan1984-2009
*Update was stopped in 2009.
Major metropolitan areas in JapanSearch by typing a map title in the title column and YG20-Z-1.0-* in the call number column on the "NDL Search" with Refiners.
1:10,000 Topographic MapGeospatial Information Authority of Japan,
Geographical Survey Institute,
Empire of Japan Land Surveying Bureau
[1897]-1965
*Including Test Map [1981]
Major metropolitan areas in JapanThe suburbs of Tokyo:Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.20MB)
Keihanshin and other areas:Index map in Japanese
(PDF 7.05MB)
Replica corpus books

1-2. Maps issued by other institutions

1-2-1. The War Damage Reconstruction Institute

ScaleSeriesYear of publicationCoverageHolding information
1:10,000[1:10,000 Topographic Map]1947Tokyo's 23 wards and their surroundingsIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.20MB)
Replica corpus books

1-2-2. Fukkō Tochi Jūtaku Kyōkai, Uchiyama Chizu.

ScaleYear of publicationCoverageHolding information
1:10,000[1957]Tokyo's 23 wards and their surroundingsIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 961KB)
Replica corpus books

1-2-3. U.S. Army Map Service (AMS)

ScaleSeries NumberYear of publicationCoverageHolding information
1:50,000L7651952-1964HokkaidoIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.31MB)
L7731946-1972Tohoku,
Hokuriku
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.60MB)
L7741944-1972Kanto,
Chubu (Central Japan),
Tokai
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 4.41MB)
L7751944-1962Kinki,
Chugoku,
Shikoku
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.93MB)
L7721943-1963KyushuIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.27MB)
L7911944-1963Ryukyu IslandsIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 962KB)
1:25,000L8651956HokkaidoIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.15MB)
L8731955-1958Tohoku
L8741952-1959Kanto,
Tokai
Index map in Japanese
(PDF 1.87MB)
L8751958KinkiIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 1.61MB)
L8721956-1961Kyushu
L8911945-1953Ryukyu IslandsIndex map in Japanese
(PDF 435KB)

1-3. Replica corpus books

  • "Nihon retto nimangosenbun no ichi chizu shusei"(Corpus of Japan 1:25,000 topographic maps)(Kagaku Shoin 1991.10-1995.5 【YP6-118】)
  • "Seishiki nimanbun no ichi chikeizu shusei"(Corpus of 1:20,000 topographic maps)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 2001.4-2003.4 【YP6-167】etc.)(Material available in the Map Room)
  • "Meiji zenki kansai chishizu shusei: 1884-1890"(Corpus of topographic maps of the Kansai region in the first half of the Meiji era)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1989.10 【YP6-100】:Content information)(Material available in the Map Room)
    Tentative Topographic Map is reduced and edited to reflect borders shown on the current 1:25,000 Topographic Map. The list of original drawings can be found at the end of the material.
  • "Meiji zenki kanto heiya chishizu shusei : 1880-1886"(Corpus of topographic maps of the Kanto plain in the first half of the Meiji era)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1989.7 【YP6-99】:Content information)(Material available in the Map Room)
    The first military district Rapid Survey Map is reduced and edited to reflect borders shown on the current 1:25,000 Topographic Map. The list of original drawings can be found at the end of the material.
  • "Chizu de miru hyakunenmae no Nihon"(To see Japan 100 years ago with old maps)(Shogakukan Inc. 1998.8 【YP6-148】)(Material available in the Map Room)
    This book includes topographic maps of main cities produced in the Meiji and Taisho eras. For the Kanto region, the first military district 1:20,000 rapid survey maps, and for other areas, 1:20,000 topographic maps or 1:50,000 topographic maps are contained. The list of topographic maps used can be found at the end.
  • "Meiji taisho showa tokyo ichimanbunnoichi chikeizu shusei"(Corpus of 1:10,000 topographic maps of Tokyo in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1983.11 【YP6-66】:Content information)(Material available in the Map Room)
    This material includes 1:10.000 topographic maps of Tokyo's 23 wards produced at the end of Meiji, Taisho and early Showa eras at the size of 1:10,000. And 1:10,000 maps edited with reduced 1:5,000 Tokyo Maps are included as an appendix.
  • "Taisho showa tokyo shuhen ichimanbunnoichi chikeizu shusei Keiyo, Keihin and Tama chiku"(Corpus of 1:10,000 topographic maps around Tokyo - Keiyo area, Keihin area, and Tama area)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1984.4 【YP6-81】)(Material available in the Map Room)
    This material includes the suburbs of Tokyo's 23 wards such as Keiyo, Keihin and Tama produced in the Taisho and early Showa eras at the size of 1:10,000.
  • "Showa zenki nihon toshi chizu shusei"(Corpus of Japan city maps in the first half of the Showa era)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1987.3 【YP6-79】:Content information)(Material available in the Map Room)
    This material includes 91 maps of 82 Japanese city areas in the early Showa era at the size of 1:10,000.
  • "Sensai fukkoki tokyo ichimanbunnoichi chikeizu shusei"(Corpus of 1:10,000 topographic maps on Tokyo in the period of revival from WW2-damage)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1988.4 【YP6-90】:Content information)(Material available in the Map Room)
    This material contains the reprint version of the original drawings reflecting Tokyo's 23 wards of 1945 and 1957. It also includes "Marunouchi"(【YG18-K-53】), 1: 5,000 map which was produced by GHQ in 1948.
  • "Meiji zenki showa zenki tokyo toshi chizu"(Tokyo city maps in the first half of the Meiji and Showa eras)(Kashiwa Shobo Publishing Co. Ltd. 1995.12-1996.3 【YP6-138】)(Material available in the Map Room)
    • 1 (Eastern part of Tokyo):Content information
    • 2 (Northern part of Tokyo):Content information
    • 3 (Southern part of Tokyo):Content information
    • 4 (Western part of Tokyo):Content information
      This book was compiled from Tokyo topographic maps produced in the early Meiji and Showa eras. This comprises the 1st part "1:25,000 map" and the 2nd part "1:10,000 map" and contains 1:20,000 Rapid Survey Map, 1:10,000 Old Topographic Map and The War Damage Reconstruction Institute's 1:10,000 Topographic Map.

2. How to Use Materials

Please refer to Use of Materials in Topographical Maps of Japan.

3. Related Websites

  • Historical Agro-Environmental Browsing SystemLeave the NDL website. (National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences.)(Index Map in Japanese)
    Users can compare "Rapid Survey Map", which was produced in the early to middle Meiji era, with current roads, rivers and railroads. By clicking the plus mark after selecting a region to move to the screen, users can see maps other than "Rapid Survey Map" such as Tokyo 1:5,000 map (1880s)

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