2009/06/01

Want to see old Map of Japan? Map of Japan-Tokyo

Here is an old rail map of Tokyo Japan.



Crowded place in the very left of the map is Tokyo, the mountain on the back is Mt.Fuji, big facility with white road in front of Mt.Fuji is an amusement park, the mountain on the upper right is Takao-yama with Shrine Takaosan Yakuouinn and low right corner is the Tamagoryou the Imperial mausoleum.

Here is a Google Map with places marks of the places mentioned above. I marked it so maybe not precise.


View Old map of Tokyo in a larger map

This old map of Japan was drawn by Hatsusaburou Yoshida, a Japanese Map painter. Born 1884 and left 3000 pieces of map in his life. His way of drawing is called "Choukanzu" which is a technique of painting a map from above slightly from the side. Succeeded during sightseeing boom in Taisho and Shouwa era (1912-1989).




Old Map of Japan is interesting because they are non-realism pictures.

Recourse
World of Hatsusaburou Yoshida
Hatsusaburou Yoshida
Map Communications Museum (images borrowed from here)