Russo Japanese Collection

The Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Naval Admirals
The Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - Japanese Naval Admirals Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Flagship Ting-Yuen - Two masted, twin funnelled ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Military Parade - Men on parade, some with flags. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

The Russo-Japanese War - Interior scene
The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 - an unusual card (awaiting final translation!) depicting an interior scene. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian officer, Captain Lebedief, heroically defending the bastion at Port Arthur with
530185 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian officer, Captain Lebedief, heroically defending the bastion at Port Arthur with his sword and revolver

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese spies being hanged by Russian military command
530176 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese spies being hanged by Russian military command. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 13 March 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese and Russian soldiers fraternising
530160 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese and Russian soldiers fraternising.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian cruiser Varyag steaming out of harbour to engage with the Japanese fleet at
530150 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian cruiser Varyag steaming out of harbour to engage with the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Chemulpo, at which she was sunk

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: General Alexei Nicholaevitch Kouropatkin, commander of Russian forces in Manchuria
530181 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: General Alexei Nicholaevitch Kouropatkin, commander of Russian forces in Manchuria, directing the campaign from his car

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian artillery battery defending Port Arthur
530178 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian artillery battery defending Port Arthur. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 27 March 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese warship Hatsuse foundering, the mainmast falling across one of ship's boats
530173 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese warship Hatsuse foundering, the mainmast falling across one of ship's boats.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: The Dogger Bank Incident. Russian Baltic squadron firing on the Gamecock fishing fleet
530172 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: The Dogger Bank Incident. Russian Baltic squadron firing on the Gamecock fishing fleet off the Dogger Bank. ; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian battery in action during the siege of Port Arthur, January 1905
530163 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian battery in action during the siege of Port Arthur, January 1905; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Workroom in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, supervised by the Tsarina, 1904 (print)
538068 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Workroom in the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, supervised by the Tsarina, 1904 (print); (add.info.: Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Workroom in the Winter Palace)

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Venue for the Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Postcard 1905. Flag
528299 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Venue for the Peace Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. Postcard 1905. Flag; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Scene on gun deck of a Japanese warship during action
530177 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Scene on gun deck of a Japanese warship during action. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 13 March 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian attack on the Japanese trenches outside Port Arthur. From Le Petit Journal, Paris
530186 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian attack on the Japanese trenches outside Port Arthur. From Le Petit Journal, Paris.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese allowing General Stoessel and the Russian defenders of Port Arthur honorable
530184 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese allowing General Stoessel and the Russian defenders of Port Arthur honorable surrender

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: The Russian Baltic fleet bombarding English fishing boats in the North Sea
530171 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: The Russian Baltic fleet bombarding English fishing boats in the North Sea; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Generals Stoessel (Russian) and Nogi (Japanese)
530164 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Generals Stoessel (Russian) and Nogi (Japanese) meeting to arrange terms for the capitulation of Port Arthur by the Russians

Sinking of the Japanese warship Hatsuse, May 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
530158 Sinking of the Japanese warship Hatsuse, May 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian cruiser foundering at the Battle of Cehmulpo, 9 February 1904
530151 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian cruiser foundering at the Battle of Cehmulpo, 9 February 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Marauding Cossacks in a Korean village terrifying the local population.1904
530190 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Marauding Cossacks in a Korean village terrifying the local population.1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Tsar NIicholas II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia from 1894, reviewing Cossacks
530180 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Tsar NIicholas II (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia from 1894, reviewing Cossacks. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 28 February 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japan as God of Peace stamping on Russian warship
528348 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japan as God of Peace stamping on Russian warship and holding aloft Tsar Nicholas II holding white flag

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 from Le Petit Journal, 1904 (print)
530183 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 from Le Petit Journal, 1904 (print); (add.info.: Russian warships, led by the Pobeida, passing through the Suez Canal. Photographer taking picture (foreground)

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian Cossaks marauding through a Korean village
530179 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian Cossaks marauding through a Korean village. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 27 March 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese troops storming the Russian-held 203-metre Fort, 19 September 1904
530170 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese troops storming the Russian-held 203-metre Fort, 19 September 1904.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Scene on deck of Japanese warship during surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port
528377 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Scene on deck of Japanese warship during surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur (Lushun) 8 February 1904, battle inconclusive. Japanese Print 1904

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - The Caged Russian Bear
A spectacular Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - The Caged Russian Bear peered at by Japanese children, women and soldiers in uniform. Date: circa 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Propaganda - Sinking toy Russian Ships
A superb Russo-Japanese War propaganda postcard - Japanese children (in uniform) and a Geisha sink toy Russian Ships with blowpipes and darts at a fair

Admiral Yamarnatos Ito
Yamarnatos Ito (1868-1912) was Marine minister for Japan during the late Meiji Era (1868-1912). He commanded the Japanese Navy in the successful Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). Date: 1903

Siege of Port Arthur - 203 Hill - Japanese Memorial
Japanese memorial on the summit of 203 Hill, high ground located in Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China - scene of bloody fighting between Japanese

Lushun Baiyu Tower - Lushunkou, China (Ryojun)
Lushun Baiyu Tower - built after the Russo-Japanese War by the Japanese to commemorate their 20, 000 war casualties at Ryojun (present-day Lushunkou)

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Two men (Russia and Japan) fighting with boxing gloves as a Japanese torpedo blows up a
528401 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Two men (Russia and Japan) fighting with boxing gloves as a Japanese torpedo blows up a Russian battleship. Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) Japanese artist

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: A huge Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur (Lushun) 25 July 1904
528385 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: A huge Japanese hand crushing Port Arthur (Lushun) 25 July 1904. Russia finally surrendered Port Arthur on 2 January 1905

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian doctor and nurse attending man with a sore head in the form of a battleship
528403 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian doctor and nurse attending man with a sore head in the form of a battleship. Japanese navy attacked Russian navy at Port Arthur in February 1904

True report of the great sea battle at Lushun Bay, 1904 (chromolithograph)
5042893 True report of the great sea battle at Lushun Bay, 1904 (chromolithograph) by Japanese School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Peace? (colour litho)
2814795 Peace? (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peace? Illustration for Courier Sunday, 25 June 1905.); © Look and Learn

Russian soldiers after the Battle of 203 Metre Hill, Port Arthur, 1905 (sepia photo)
5944850 Russian soldiers after the Battle of 203 Metre Hill, Port Arthur, 1905 (sepia photo) by Underwood & Underwood (c.1881-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Russian torpedo destroyers attacked by Japanese torpedo destroyers at Port Arthur
5042896 Russian torpedo destroyers attacked by Japanese torpedo destroyers at Port Arthur, 1904 (chromolithograph) by Tanaka

Transporting the wounded, Russo-Japanese war, 1904 (b / w photo)
833368 Transporting the wounded, Russo-Japanese war, 1904 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Calmann & King Ltd; Russian, out of copyright

Remains of Russian Cannon on 203 Hill
The remains of Russian Cannon on 203 Hill - high ground located in Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China

Tower - Baiyu Hill (Baiyushan), Dalian
The War Monument (Baiyu Mountain Tower), at the summit of Baiyu Hill (Baiyushan) (Mt. Hakugyoku), Dalian, Liaoning province (also called Lushun City or Lushun Port)

Russian troops during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904 (b / w photo)
833366 Russian troops during the Russo-Japanese war, 1904 (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Calmann & King Ltd; Russian, out of copyright

The winner and the winner in front, Admiral Togos visit to Admiral Rodiestvenski... (colour litho)
2814794 The winner and the winner in front, Admiral Togos visit to Admiral Rodiestvenski... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

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"The Russo-Japanese War: A Clash of Naval Admirals and Propaganda" In the midst of the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese naval admirals strategized their moves with precision. The Flagship Ting-Yuen stood tall as a symbol of Japanese power and determination. Inside the war-torn scenes, an interior view revealed the intensity that engulfed both sides. The Japanese fleet showcased its might against Russian adversaries during this historic conflict. Amidst the chaos, Lushun Baiyu Tower in China's Lushunkou witnessed it all. It served as a silent witness to the battles fought on land and sea. Propaganda played a significant role in shaping public opinion during this war. "The Caged Russian Bear" depicted Russia's struggle against Japan's relentless pressure, while sinking toy Russian ships illustrated Japan's dominance at sea. Within Chefoo Settlement, negotiations took place amidst tense circumstances. Diplomacy mingled with military action as both nations sought victory over one another. Mount Fuji stood tall in Japan's landscape throughout these tumultuous times, serving as a constant reminder of national pride and resilience. Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika captured pivotal moments through his artwork. In one piece, two men representing Russia and Japan engaged in boxing gloves while a Japanese torpedo obliterated a Russian battleship—a symbolic representation of their fierce combat tactics. Another masterpiece by Kiyochika portrayed Port Arthur being crushed under a colossal Japanese hand—an image that foreshadowed Russia's eventual surrendering of this strategic stronghold. Even amidst warfare, humanity persisted. A Russian doctor and nurse attended to an injured man whose head resembled a battleship—a poignant reminder that compassion transcends borders even during times of conflict. The Russo-Japanese War left an indelible mark on history—forever etching tales of bravery, strategy, propaganda, and human resilience into our collective memory.