A photographic blog of the Imperial Japanese military from the Boshin War of 1868 to the Russo-Japanese War of 1905.Tumblr (3.0; @toba2tsushima)http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mvxqZ3gw1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another photograph of the Ueno battlefield, taken between 1868 and 1912. Sourced from ‘Secret Photograph collection at the Rokumeikan’ published by Heibonsha.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127675793http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127675793Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:56:13 +0100militaryJapanjapanese historyBlack and Whiteboshin warphotographtraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mvuhKTyI1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A photograph of the battlefield of Ueno after the battle in 1868. Source unknown.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127541450http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127541450Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:54:17 +0100Japanjapanese historyBlack and Whiteboshin warphotographmilitarytraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mvqoQZvo1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The keep of Aizuwakamatsu Castle, photographed in 1874, shortly before its destruction during the battle of Ueno later that year. Source unknown.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127387880http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127387880Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:52:00 +0100Japanjapanese historymilitaryBlack and Whiteboshin warphotographcastletraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mvivq3tk1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An Armstrong cannon used by the Saga Domain at the battle of Ueno during the Boshin War. Photographed in 1868 and sourced from ‘Bakumatsu Meiji Kosha Shincho’.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127073418http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25127073418Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:47:18 +0100Japanjapanese historymilitaryBlack and Whitephotographboshin wartraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mvd2sv3J1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nabeshima Naomasa photographed in 1859. Source unknown.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25126839021http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25126839021Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:43:49 +0100Japanjapanese historyBlack and Whiteboshin warsamuraiphotographtraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5mva634Cb1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Nabeshima Naomasa, the final daimyō of the Saga Domain, photographed sometime prior to his death in 1871. Sourced from ‘Memories for 80 years, Bakumatsu, Meiji, Taisho’ by the The Eastern Culture Association, published in 1933-1934.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25126719307http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/25126719307Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:42:06 +0100Japanjapanese historyboshin warBlack and Whitephotographsamuraitraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4hsbvkXPL1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese sailors alongside the Canet Gun on the ‘Matsushima’ in 1895. Taken by <span>Ogawa Kazumasa and sourced from </span><span>“The Japan - China War” by Inouye Jukichi.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23623849400http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23623849400Wed, 23 May 2012 21:16:43 +0100Japanjapanese historymilitarynavyBlack and Whitetraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fvv63NHP1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese artilleryman and canon from the Koishikawa arsenal in 1882. Taken by Hugh Krafft and sourced from ‘<span>Hugues Krafft au Japon de Meiji’ by </span><span>Suzanne Esmein.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23557287639http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23557287639Tue, 22 May 2012 20:37:53 +0100japanjapanese historyblack and whitemilitarytraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4fvndRkBa1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Imperial Japanese soldiers in 1875. Taken from <span>“Ancient Images of the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods”.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23557024283http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23557024283Tue, 22 May 2012 20:33:13 +0100Japanjapanese historymilitaryBlack and Whitetraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4f696E1Zt1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Officers who served aboard the ‘Kasuga’ in 1869. Third-class officer Togo Heihachiro is dressed in white, top right. Source unknown.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23538064374http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23538064374Tue, 22 May 2012 11:24:42 +0100Japanjapanese historyBlack and Whitenavymilitarytraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4f640QI6P1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The warship ‘Kasuga’ photographed sometime during the late 19th century. Source unknown.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23537996190http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23537996190Tue, 22 May 2012 11:21:35 +0100japanese historyJapanmilitarynavyshipstraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a8fgwZRG1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers and a Russian officer (far right) during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. From the Nagasaki University Library. </p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23361942795http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23361942795Sat, 19 May 2012 19:23:38 +0100japanjapanese historyrusso-japanese warblack and whitemilitarytraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m49tngqGRw1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers undergo a drill under the supervision of an officer during the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period. From the Nagasaki University Library.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23346380368http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23346380368Sat, 19 May 2012 14:04:24 +0100black and whitejapanese historyjapanmilitarytraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48b6cGpDy1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers occupying Seoul in April 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Source unknown.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23297353677http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23297353677Fri, 18 May 2012 18:27:48 +0100japanese historyjapanhistoryblack and whiterusso-japanese wartraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46ub6UKvw1rwptpao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers departing from Ueno Station, Yokohama during the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period. From the Nagasaki University Library.</p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23252026517http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23252026517Thu, 17 May 2012 23:25:51 +0100japanjapanese historyblack and whitemilitarytraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46u2ucgqu1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers near Chemulpo, Korea in August-September 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. From the <span>Musee de l’Armee, Paris.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23251699238http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23251699238Thu, 17 May 2012 23:20:52 +0100japanese historyjapanmilitaryblack and whiterusso-japanese wartraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46tha50eX1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa and his staff at Audi, Taiwan in May 1895 during the Japanese invasion. Source unknown.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23250859544http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23250859544Thu, 17 May 2012 23:07:58 +0100japanjapanese historyblack and whitemilitaryhistorytaiwantraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46ig8z42M1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers who took part in the Taiwan Expedition of 1874. Sourced from the <span>Yasukuni Shrine.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23237412041http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23237412041Thu, 17 May 2012 19:09:00 +0100japanjapanese historyhistorymilitaryblack and whitetaiwan expeditiontraumkarussell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46ibvIUzE1rwptpao1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese soldiers storming Beijing in August 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Taken from a book by <span>D.G. Yanchevetsky published in 1903.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23237302210http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23237302210Thu, 17 May 2012 19:07:00 +0100japanjapanese historyhistorymilitaryblack and whiteboxer rebelliontraumkarussell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46i328wkL1rwptpao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Japanese marines during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901. Taken from ‘<span>Togo Heihachiro in images, illustrated Meiji Navy’ from the </span><span>Tōgō Shrine and Tōgō Association.</span></p>http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23237084149http://toba2tsushima.tumblr.com/post/23237084149Thu, 17 May 2012 19:01:50 +0100japanjapanese historymilitaryhistoryblack and whiteboxer rebelliontraumkarussell