Descriptive maps and diagrams on the creation and destruction of the Japanese empire from the 1890s to 1940s. Most maps are in Japanese, from a Yamakawa press visual history, with English annotations.

1. Japanese Imperialism Maps and Charts

3. Sino-Japanese War, 1895-1895

4. Japanese Military Strength, 1872-1945 Blue and Red columns indicate total number of soldiers (red) and sailors (blue), according to the left-hand scale (10K units) Tan columns indicate military naval tonnage according to right-hand scale (10K ton units) Data points (left to right) for 1872, 1885, 1895, 1912, 1923, 1931, 1940, 1945

5. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905

6. Japanese Colonial Territories and Spheres of Influence, 1895-1912 Taiwan: 1895: Treaty of Shimonoseki 1898: Fujien region Commercial Treaty Korea: 1904: First Japan-Korea Treaty 1905: Second Japan-Korea Treaty (Protectorate) 1907: Third Japan-Korea Treaty (Internal Administration and Military Disbandment) 1910: Korean Unification Agreement Liaodong Peninsula 1905: Portsmouth Treaty 1905: Sino-Japanese Portsmouth Treaty Confirmation Agreement Manchuria 1907: First Japan-Russia Treaty 1912: Third Japan-Russia Treaty Sakhalin 1905 Portsmouth Treaty

7. Spheres of Influence In China Before WWI Pink: Japan Dark Pink: Japanese colonial territory Green: Russia Pink/Green: Originally Russian, becomes Japanese Blue: Germany Orange: Great Britain Purple: France Dark Purple: French Colonial Territory Dark dots indicate Open Treaty Ports

8. Colonial and Military Strength Comparisons, 1911 Square indicates Territory controlled in 10K square kilometer units: red square is home country; tan square is colonial territory Blue line indicates population of home country in millions Green Bar indicates Imports and Blue Bar indicates Exports, in ¥10M units Circle indicates Military Naval Tonnage in 10K ton units. England Russia France China America Germany Austria-Hungary Japan

10. March 1st Movement (Korea, 1919)

11. May Fourth Movement (China, 1919)

13. Manchurian Incident and Sino-Japanese War1931-1945 Dashed arrows indicate Manchurian Incident Troop Movements (1931-1933) Solid arrows indicate Sino-Japanese war troop movements (1937-1945) Red borders indicate extent of Japanese control at end of 1937.

14. US and Japanese Pacific Strategies

15. US Enters War Against Japan

16. Pacific War, 1941-1945 Red spiked line indicates extent of furthest Japanese control (Summer 1942) Brown line indicates extent of Japanese control at end of war Red arrows indicate major Japanese military movements Green arrows indicate major Allied military movements Red dots and crossed swords indicate major military engagements Bombs indicate Japanese aerial attacks

17. East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere,Autumn 1943 Red: Japanese territory Pink/Brown: Japanese Sattelite States Yellow: Japanese-occupied territory Blues: Japanese allied/friendly states Red dotted line: Furthest extent of Japanese control

18. Japanese Victims of Aerial Attacks, World War II Mushrooms: Atomic Bomb sites Dark Gray: Land-based assaults resulting in over 100K deaths Red Dots: Cities which lost over 20K buildings to fire and bombing Red Circles: Cities which lost over 10K buildings to fire, bombing Black Numbers: Casualties in specific cities Orange: over 1 Million people Pink: 500K to 1 Million People Purple: 100K to 500K people Gray: 10K to 100K people White: Under 10K people

19. Sources Background Image is from Edo catalog, 18c plate Most maps and charts from Yamakawa Nihonshi Sogo Zuroku [Japanese History Maps and Charts Omnibus], 1985 Tonghak map from Korea Old and New: A History. All translations by Jonathan Dresner