japanese military

[U.S. Marine smoking pipe as drawn by Japanese artist]

Drawing is the last scene on the "American Doll Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.

[Two U.S. Marine officers and two enlisted men, members of Perry's Jap...

Drawing is first panel on the scroll "Perry's First Landing at Kurihama, July 8, 1853 ." Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist. Title devised by Library staff.

Seiyō heishi zu

Print shows front, side, and rear views of soldiers holding rifles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: light colors on paper. Wof... More

Amerika, Utagawa Yoshitora

Japanese print shows two American sailors(?); includes text about America by Kanagaki Robun. Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date: Cock 1. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 125; 47623a... More

Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi - Amerika

Japanese print shows two military officers. Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Shiba Jyakuyo, printmaker. Seal date: Cock 5. From series entitled: Gaikoku jinbutsu zukushi (People from foreign lands). An... More

Amerika

Japanese print shows an American soldier on horseback. Title from item. Signature: Issen Yoshikazu ga. Seal date: Dog 10. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso of print: 86; 47623a. Earlier control number: 9942.25... More

[Outdoor portraits of a Japanese officers on horseback and studio port...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer on horseback" (upper left); "A Japanese mounted officer" (upper right); "Girl in everyday dress and Japanese spaniel" (lower left); a... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a girl in indoor dress, a bli...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "Japanese officer in gala costume" (upper left); "Japanese girl in indoor costume" (upper right); "Blind shampooer" (lower left); and "A Japanese offic... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer, a doctor in traveling dress, ...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "An officer in winter dress" (upper left); "The Japanese doctor in traveling dress" (upper right); "Japanese in fire dress" (lower left); and "A Japane... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer (yaconin) with wife and son, a...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "A Japanese officer (yaconin) wife and son" (upper left); "Japanese girl in everyday costume" (upper right); "Ancient style of armour" (lower left); an... More

[Studio portraits of Japanese women, a child officer with his mother, ...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "Declining the honor" (upper left); "Japanese girl in every day costume" (upper right); "A young officer (Yaconin) and mother" (lower left); and ""Yoko... More

Oroshajin - bango wakai, Utagawa Yoshitora

Japanese print shows two Russian soldiers talking; includes text of Japanese translation. Title from item. Signature: Yoshitora ga. Seal date is unidentified. Annotation in pencil on mount: Russian soldiers. An... More

[Studio portraits of a Japanese officer in riding clothes, a student, ...

Title devised by Library staff. Captions on front of item: "A young Japanese officer in riding habilments" (upper left); "A Japanese student" (upper right); "A Japanese police officer" (lower left); and "Japane... More

Great Military Drill, Japan, Edo period Utagawa Sadahide

Utagawa (Gountei) Sadahide (Japanese, 1807–1878/79) Edo period (1615–1868)

View of a Military Review Parade at Aoyama

Utagawa Kunisada II (Japanese, 1823–1880) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Civil and Military Officers

[Samurai, standing, facing left, wearing armor and holding a bow, also...

Title devised by Library staff. Lacks inscription in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano [month] 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray co... More

[Hand-held folding fan with circular design]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. F... More

[Warrior, full-length, facing left, with bow drawn, about to shoot an ...

Title devised by Library staff. With accompanying text to the left of the image. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray... More

[Crossbow with projectile and swords with scabbards]

Title devised by Library staff. Accompanying text appears outside of the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sept. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Mu... More

[Profile view of a cannon]

[Typical bow used by a samurai]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. F... More

[Two hand-held fans, one with circular design]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. F... More

[Pikes or halberds and staffs]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. F... More

[Warrior, full-length, facing left, with bow drawn, about to shoot an ...

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. Similar to FP 2 - JPD, no. 961, with fewer targets. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Mur... More

[Hand-held mace?]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From a figure in .... From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: Davi... More

[Two images (top): shash and attachments for uniforms; (bottom): baton...

Title devised by Library staff. Each image accompanied by separate text. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Oct. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. ... More

[Two crossbow designs]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sept. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. ... More

[Samurai on horseback, wearing armor and horned helmet, carrying bow a...

Title devised by Library staff. Lacks inscription in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano [month] 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray co... More

[Swords and scabbards, banners and standards]

Title devised by Library staff. Includes Japanese text on the top, outside the image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. Dav... More

[Warrior, full-length, facing left, with bow, arrows, and sword]

Title devised by Library staff. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. Figure in . From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray ... More

[Bow, arrows, and quiver, also arrowheads and armband]

Title devised by Library staff. Accompanying text appears outside image box. Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Sep. 1878. From the "Military arts" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 19... More

[Front and back view of uniform and armor for samurai]

Ueno [shinobazu] keiba no zu

Japanese triptych print showing jockeys on horseback racing around a track surrounding a lake. A Japanese military officer and Japanese women view the race from an elaborately decorated grandstand. Animals and ... More

Illustration of Emperor's Military Review of a Parade Ground at Aoyam...

Inoue Yasuji (Japanese, 1864–1889) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Gojū kogō no tsubone gojūni tomoegozen

Print shows (top half) Kogō no Tsubone, the emperor's mistress, lying on the floor, playing a biwa while a man on horseback, Nakakuni, a messenger for the emperor, in the background is watching through the open... More

Kasagi, Japanese Navy

The Japanese military and naval officers celebrating their victory at ...

The Japanese military and naval officers celebrating their victory at ...

[Colonel Awaya, commander of the 11th infantry regiment, leading his m...

Print shows the Japanese commander, Colonel Awaya, standing with sword raised, leading his troops in the attack against a walled city, possibly Tianjin, China; British forces attack from the left and French for... More

Count Terauchi

Photograph shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Terauchi & cabinet

Photograph shows Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918), with his cabinet. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

[The Japanese army under Major General Fukushima advancing with the al...

Print shows the Japanese commander, Major General Fukushima, holding binoculars, standing with a British commander and other officers, as the allied troops attack the walled city of Tianjin, China.

[Great victory for the daring Awaya, regimental commander, at the time...

Print shows the Japanese commander on horseback as Japanese and allied forces attack the walled city at Tianjin, China. Title from accompanying material. Print torn with piece missing near center of image.

Japanese doctors attending their wounded after the Battle of Tientsin,...

Two doctors lean over back of man sitting on ground. XXc 461H U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2.

Officers of the Japanese army at Peking, China

H24496 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 34. Title from item. Copyright 1902 by C. H. Graves.

[Japanese troops landed at Chemulpo after naval battle on Feb. 9th]

H43596 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn. Published in: A photographic record of the Russo-Japanese War / edited by J... More

[Japanese officers directing the unloading of supplies, Chemulpo]

H43593 U.S. Copyright Office Title devised by Library staff. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Written on verso: Dunn.

[Japanese infantry ready to leave Tokyo for the front]

H45064 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Apr. 29, 1904. Stamped on verso: J.H. Hare. Published in: A photographic record of the Russo-Japanese War / edited by J... More

Steam launch carrying six over-crowded boat loads soldiers to landing,...

H43605 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.

[Squad of sappers and miners coming ashore in a sampan at Chemulpo]

H43584 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.

May 1904 Japan seconds army preoccupation Furanten, China, and is pict...

Print shows the Japanese Second Army destroying a bridge at Pu-lan-tien during the Russo-Japanese war. Title from item. From series: Memorial Picture for the victory in the Russo-Japanese War.

[Russian General Kuropatkin in a sack]

Print shows Russian General Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Kuropatkin wrapped up in a sack with two horrified Russian officers standing next to him. Title devised by Library staff. Signed on block by artist in lower left,... More

Jap troops landed at Chemulpo after naval battle and waiting to be sen...

H43597 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904.

Japanese cavalry scouting near Ping-Yang

H44157 U.S. Copyright Office.

[Japanese Red Cross taking care of enemy soldiers near the Amur River]

Print showing Japanese Red Cross tents and personnel giving medical attention to wounded Japanese and Russian soldiers. Title from accompanying material.

[Distribution of blankets to troops at Tokio]

H45068 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Apr. 29, 1904.

Launch of Japanese man-of-war "Chitosa" [i.e., "Chitose"] /

This film shows the launching of the Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser Chitose at the Union Iron Works shipyard, San Francisco, on Saturday, January 22, 1898. The camera view is east, across a small inlet of Centr... More

The Russians retreat north to land of snow and ice where Japanese cann...

Print shows a bear as a Russian soldier frozen in a block of ice which several Japanese soldiers are trying to break apart.

[Arrival of Japanese soldiers at Chemulpo]

H43604 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.

Flashlight - Jap soldiers at Chemulpo, after naval battle, standing ar...

H43598 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Mar. 22, 1904. Stamped on verso: R.L. Dunn.

[Victorious Japanese crossing the harbor to "Tiger Tail" -- after the ...

H63710 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7807.

[Japanese and Russian soldiers at a fortified position (probably Russi...

H63709 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title devised by Library staff.

[Six-in. naval gun in a Russian hilside battery, commander seated at l...

H63743 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7776.

[Russian encampment outside Port Arthur]

H63706 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title devised by Library staff.

[Military hospital in Port Arthur during the great siege]

[Russian reserves near Rocky Ridge (n.e. of Port Arthur) awaiting summ...

H63699 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7779.

[Talking over European news -- Russians and Japanese after the surrend...

H63535 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 20, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7809.

In the front parallel of the Japanese trenches

Photograph shows Japanese soldiers in large trench during the Russo-Japanese war. H57843 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Printed description on verso of mount. No. 1035V. Copyright 1905 by T.W. Ingersoll.

[A group of Russian soldiers and three women with their belongings wai...

H63438 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title devised by Library staff.

[Russians in Port Arthur a few days before the surrender - along the o...

H63735 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7737.

[Prisoners of war waiting for trains -- watching burning of abandoned ...

Japanese officers and war artist at Gen. Nogi's door

Major Yamaguchi, chief interpreter and press censor (left), Richard Barry, the Ingersoll View Company's war artist (center), and Major Oda, confidential messenger to Gen. Nogi (right). H57887 U.S. Copyright Off... More

[Hasty funeral rites - last honors to the dead Russian heroes - in bes...

H63450 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7731.

[Wounded soldiers of the Czar -- convalescents at Marinsky Hospital du...

[Japanese soldiers on a beach in Manchuria]

H68990 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, Nov., 1905. Title devised by Library staff.

[A soldier-cobbler mending boots in a Russian redoubt during a lull in...

H63727 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7783.

Soldiers' barber shop in Japanese camp

Title from item. Verso has commentary about life in the Japanese military camps during the Russo-Japanese War. No. 145. Copyright by T. W. Ingersoll, 1905. Forms part of the Marian S. Carson Collection at the L... More

[Russian soldiers preparing fortifications(?) in Port Arthur]

H63704 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title devised by Library staff.

Untitled

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on January 10, 1905, depicts British fishermen running for land as John Bull announces Russian's Baltic Fleet is... More

Hyo Togo

Photograph shows Hyo Togo, the son of Admiral Togo, head of the Imperial Japanese Navy. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Japanese Army aeroplane

Gen. Fushimi

Photograph shows General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru (1858-1923), a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Prince Kanin

Photograph shows Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865-1945) who served in the Japanese Army. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)

Togo at West Point with Gen. Barry

Photo shows Japanese naval hero Admiral Togo Heihachiro with Major General Thomas Henry Barry, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy which honored Admiral Togo at West Point, New York, in August 1911. (So... More

Gen. Oka

Photograph shows Baron Oka Ichinosuke (1860-1916) who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and as Minister of War during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Gen. S. Kusuose

Photo shows Kusunose Yukihiko (1858-1927) a general in the Imperial Japanese Army who became Minister of War in 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

American Red Cross - Miscellaneous - American Red Cross, Russian Islan...

Date Taken: 3/8/1919 Photographer: Underwood & Underwood American Red Cross - Miscellaneous

Gen. Terauchi, Premier

Photograph shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Terauchi & British & Russian Ambassadors

Photograph shows Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918), with ambassadors. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Adm. Saito

Photograph shows Japanese navy officer and politician Viscount Saito Makoto (1858-1936). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Now to see perhaps how the idea works out

A large figure of a man, dressed in Asian garb, is labeled "China." He holds an umbrella and a document marked, "My Rights." Beside him on the ground, is an open book entitled, "My Guide--American Ideas." A p... More

[Gen. Count] Terauchi

Photograph shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Admiral Kato; Gen. Oi; Otani, Comdr. in Chief Allies; Nakajimia i.e. N...

Photo shows Japanese military officers including Admiral Kanji Kat? (1884-1967), Lieutenant General Oi Shigemoto, General Kikuzo Otani, commander-in-chief of the allied forces in eastern Siberia, and Major Gen... More

Korean Priests call on Terauchi

Photograph shows Korean priests calling on Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Gen. Count Terauchi, Premier and his Cabinet

Photograph shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Princes Kuni & Yamanashi

Photograph shows Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi (1873-1929), who served as a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and was a member of the the Japanese imperial family. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Gen. Count Terauchi

Photograph shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Prince Kanin

Photograph shows Prince Kan'in Kotohito (1865-1945) who served in the Imperial Japanese Army with a horse and other men. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Gen. Terauchi

Photograph shows politician and officer Count Terauchi Masatake (1852-1919) who was a Gensui (Marshal) in the Imperial Japanese Army and served as Prime Minister (1916-1918). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)