[日本軍政下 スマトラ島 関連報告書. 5冊. [Nihongunseika Sumatoratō kanren hokokusho. 5-satsu].] [Five Reports on Sumatran Regional Areas by the Japanese Military Government].

No details of publisher.. Circa1942.. Five mimeographed stapled booklets, 26 x 18 cm, [26], [8], [50], [16], [24] pp (including wrappers) on folded sheets, 3 folding charts, text diagrams and tables, paper browning, some soiling and discolouration and occasional ink marking in the text, lower wrapper one booklet detached, but in still in sound condition. A set of unpublished mimeographed Japanese military documents containing detailed information about various parts of the Tapanuli Regency of Sumatra under Japanese occupation. The four separate volumes cover Tapanuli Regency in general, the town of Tarutun, Fort de Kock (Bukittingi) and the wider central west coast region of Sumatra. The volume on Tapanuli is dated August 1942, and the volume of Tarutun, October 1942, suggesting that these were compiled a few months after the Japanese invasion of Sumatra. They contain basic information on climate, population, history, customs, transport and education. The volume on Tarutun includes a detailed fold-out map of the town, and there are also detailed statistical tables on climate, agriculture, education etc. A rare and important source for researching the wartime history of Indonesia. .