The warship ‘Kasuga’ photographed sometime during the late 19th century. Source unknown.

Japanese soldiers and a Russian officer (far right) during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. From the Nagasaki University Library. 

Japanese soldiers undergo a drill under the supervision of an officer during the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period. From the Nagasaki University Library.

Japanese soldiers occupying Seoul in April 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. Source unknown.

Japanese soldiers departing from Ueno Station, Yokohama during the Bakumatsu-Meiji Period. From the Nagasaki University Library.

Japanese soldiers near Chemulpo, Korea in August-September 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War. From the Musee de l’Armee, Paris.

Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa and his staff at Audi, Taiwan in May 1895 during the Japanese invasion. Source unknown.

Japanese soldiers who took part in the Taiwan Expedition of 1874. Sourced from the Yasukuni Shrine.

Japanese soldiers storming Beijing in August 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion. Taken from a book by D.G. Yanchevetsky published in 1903.

Japanese marines during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899-1901. Taken from ‘Togo Heihachiro in images, illustrated Meiji Navy’ from the Tōgō Shrine and Tōgō Association.