A map from 1914 of the Japanese Islands, including Yezo (Hokkaido), Hondo (Honshu), Shikoku, and Kiushiu (Kyushu). Inset maps detail the Japanese possession of Formosa (Taiwan) and the Riu-Kiu (Ryukyu) Islands, the Kurile or Chishima Islands of northern Japan, the southern portion of Sakhalin Island (Japan had won the portion of the island south of 50 degrees North latitude as a concession of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905), Tokio (Tokyo) Bay, and the area around Nagasaki. Major cities, railways, rivers, islands, and coastal features are shown. This map has a grid-reference to Kens or Prefectures, and the major cities and towns of Japan in the bottom margin.