Japanese Military Types - Officers / Personnel

Japanese Military Types - Officers / Personnel

The work of a Japanese artist (reproduced on a postcard) showing a variety of militray types, official positions, grades of officer etc. at the time of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Date: 1904

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000637016
  • Registered date
  • 1904/12/31 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Copyright (c) Mary Evans Picture Library 2015
  • Media size
  • 3555 × 5463 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 300 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 4.23(MB)*
  • Special instruction
  • **The text may be generated by an automatic translation system**

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