The Postcard is a satire of the sinking of the Russian fleet at Port Arthur by the Japanese. Russia is portrayed as a huge figure in comparison to the small Japanese man, showing the difference in power between one of … Read more
This card depicts Marshal Oyama’s entry into Mukden. Ōyama Iwao was one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 he was appointed the Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese armies in Manchuria. He personally … Read more
Postcard A Postcard B Postcard A: Our Infantry Fighting on the River Hun; Our Look-out Erected on a Snow-clad Tree Information: Russo-Japanese War Battlefield Commemoration Series 戦役記念. This card was one of three in … Read more
This French postcard by Mille showing the attack of the “Japanese tiger” on the leaders of Europe is actually part of a five-piece collection that put together makes up a little pictorial narrative of the war. The historical context for … Read more
In this German postcard, we can see a map of Korea and Manchuria, the main battlefields of the war. The Russian bear, with a French cap hanging on its stubby tail, attacks a woman representing Japan. She is advertising Korea … Read more
“The Japanese torpedo boat delivers a knock-out blow to Russian man-of-war.” Kobayashi Kiyochika. Medium: woodcut, color; 37.2 x 25 cm (sheet). Library of Congress collection, available at https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=2009630474&searchType=1&permalink=y This Japanese woodcut from 1904 by Kobayashi Kiyochika … Read more
The Royal Geographical Society of the United Kingdom, founded in 1830 as the Geographical Society of London (gaining Royal Charter a few years later), was one of the world’s first learned societies for the discipline of Geography. In its early days it … Read more
