), is a species of maple widely distributed in China (Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang) and Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku).

[2][4] The Chinese populations are sometimes treated as a separate subspecies A. maximowiczianum subsp.

[6] Nikko maple was first introduced to cultivation in 1881, when seeds were imported by the Veitch Nurseries in England,[7] after they were discovered by Charles Maries in the forests of Hokkaidō.

The largest specimens in England are up to 17 meters (56 ft) tall and 70 centimeters (28 in) trunk diameter.

[9] In the United States, a mature specimen may be seen at Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts.