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Historical Village of Hokkaido

Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2022, shows a booth introducing the popular Japanese manga series "Golden Kamuy" at the Historical Village of Hokkaido, an open-air museum featuring relocated and restored buildings from 1868 to 1920, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan. Many of the buildings at the museum are featured in the manga written and illustrated by Satoru Noda as the story is set in Hokkaido in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

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New Hampshire to commemorate Portsmouth Peace Treaty

CONCORD, United States - New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch (front) signs a bill on Aug. 17, 2010, at Concord, New Hampshire, to designate Sept. 5 as Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day, commemorating the treaty which ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The memorial day was designated 105 years after Portsmouth, a city in the state, hosted representatives from Japan and Russia to conclude the treaty mediated by then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Akie Abe

TOKYO, Japan, April 17 Kyodo - Akie Abe, the wife of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this photo taken Dec. 15, 2016, lays flowers at a gravestone in Nagato, Yamaguchi Prefecture, for Russian soldiers who died in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war.

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Costume play lovers listen to guide at old residence

AOMORI, Japan - Young women listen to a guide in front of an old residence, reportedly built during the Edo period (1603-1867), in Sai village, Aomori Prefecture, on the northern tip of Japan's main island of Honshu on Aug. 15, 2014, during a village-wide event to welcome costume play lovers. The residence is the birthplace of Gotaro Mikami, a medical doctor who saved both Japanese and Russian soldiers during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese war.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The signatures of Japan's Jutaro Komura and Kogoro Takahira are seen in the photo.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Portsmouth Peace Treaty original text

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 6, 2011, at the Diplomatic Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in Tokyo shows part of the original Portsmouth Peace Treaty text. The treaty was signed by the Japanese and Russian envoys at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in the state of Maine, the United States, on Sept. 5, 1905, formally ending the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Gen. Nogi of Imperial Japanese Army

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. A letter by him believed to have been written in August 1900 has been acquired by an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo which plans to exhibit it at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011.

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Items related to Gen. Nogi found

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a copy of the postmortem certificate (R) of Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army and his wife, as well as an illustration (L) depicting the scene of their suicides. The items were found with a letter handwritten by the general. Nogi, a hero of the 1904-1905 Japan-Russo war, and his wife committed ritualistic suicide at their home in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 1912, the day the funeral of Emperor Meiji was conducted.

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Gen. Nogi's letter discovered

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a letter handwritten by Gen. Maresuke Nogi (1849-1912) of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army, a hero of the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, which an antiquarian bookstore in Tokyo has acquired and plans to exhibit at a Tokyo antique book fair to be held between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3, 2011. Nogi is believed to have written the letter in August 1900 to his younger brother, who apparently asked Nogi to find a job for one of their relatives, while Nogi was stationed in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan.

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Portsmouth fetes 105th anniversary of end to Russo-Japanese War

PORTSMOUTH, United States - North Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rings the bell on Sept. 5, 2010, in commemoration of the 105th anniversary of the signing of a peace treaty named after the city that formally ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War through the mediation of then U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, which was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, was returned to South Korea on Oct. 12. The monument had been kept at the shrine after Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Yasukuni Shrine returns monument to Korean people

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiaki Nambu (L), priest at Yasukuni Shrine, Chu Gyu HO (C), minister at the South Korean Embassy, and Keishiro Fukushima, parliamentary secretary at the Foreign Ministry, join hands at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Oct. 12 during a ceremony to return an 18th-century Korean stone monument to South Korea. The Bukgwandaecheopbi monument was built in memory of Korean Admiral Li Sun Sin who fought against Japanese expeditions launched by warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) to conquer Korea in the late 1590s, and had been kept at the shrine since Japanese forces brought it to Japan during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Lawmakers visit Meiji Shrine, to learn from Russo-Japanese war

TOKYO, Japan - About 40 lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) visit Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Feb. 10, the 100th anniversary of Japan's declaration of war against Russia that led to the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The lawmakers from the two parties launched a study group aimed at drawing lessons from the war.

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Russian cemetery given new grave markers

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A group working to preserve a Russian soldiers' cemetery in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, has set up new grave markers for the 98 men buried there. The soldiers were captured by Japan in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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Russian navy cadets inspect Mikasa

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Some 25 Russian navy cadets on Sept. 19 inspect the Mikasa, the Japanese warship that served as the flagship during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. The Mikasa, used by Imperial Japanese Navy Fleet Adm. Heihachiro Togo (1848-1934), is preserved at a park in Yokosuka, eastern Japan.

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Memorial at Port Arthur, Manchuria, China

Port Arthur, Manchuria, China -- memorial of naval guns and mines from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Date: circa 1908

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Patriotic Shrine - Paiyushan - Port Arthur

Patriotic Shrine - Paiyushan - Lushunkou (a district in the municipality of Dalian, Liaoning province, also called Lushun City or Lushun Port, formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun). During the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905), the Russians surrendered Port Arthur to the Japanese after nearly a year's siege: the Japanese expended 58,000 killed or wounded to obtain the town. This is a Japanese memorial to the victory. Date: circa 1910

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Russo-Japanese War - Petropavlosk

Russo-Japanese War - Petropavlosk - Ship in harbour, smoke from one funnel. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Takasgo

Russo-Japanese War - Takasgo - Two masted, two funnels (white rings) ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Rossia - Russia

Russo-Japanese War - Rossia - Russia - Four-funnelled ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Rurik Russia

Russo-Japanese War - Rurik Russia - Two masts, two white funnelled ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Fuji

Russo-Japanese War - Fuji - Two funnelled ship with flags. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - HMS Flagship Centurion

Russo-Japanese War - HMS Flagship Centurion - Two-masted ship at sea. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Fort Arthur Basin

Russo-Japanese War - Fort Arthur Basin - Large ships in harbour. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Mandarin with child

Russo-Japanese War - Mandarin with child - Dignitary and young child with Sun. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Takasgo

Russo-Japanese War - Takasgo - Two masted, two funnels (white rings) ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Fort Arthur Basin

Russo-Japanese War - Fort Arthur Basin - Large ships in harbour. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - (Chinese) Ministers of guard

Russo-Japanese War - (Chinese) Ministers of guard - Soldiers and horses in street. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Kralikri

Russo-Japanese War - Kralikri - Ships at sea. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Kasumi

Russo-Japanese War - Kasumi - Single-masted ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Sagamami

Russo-Japanese War - Sagamami - Long grey ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Kobe send off

Russo-Japanese War - Kobe send off - Crowds waning. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Kralikri

Russo-Japanese War - Kralikri - Ships at sea. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Russian officier

Russo-Japanese War - Russian officier - Bearded man in uniform with sash and medals. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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The Russo-Japanese War - Japanese High Command

The Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 - The Japanese High Command in session. Date: circa 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Lieutenant

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese Lieutenant - Group of soldiers. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Sun Shield

Russo-Japanese War - Sun Shield - Broken metal parts. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Gabyda

Russo-Japanese War - Gabyda - Twin masts, three funnelled ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Russian officier

Russo-Japanese War - Russian officier - Bearded man in uniform with sash and medals. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Lai-Yuen damage

Russo-Japanese War - Lai-Yuen damage - Damaged stern of ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Masked Howitzers

Russo-Japanese War - Masked Howitzers - Suns behind wooden shield. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Deck of Lai Yuen

Russo-Japanese War - Deck of Lai Yuen - Damage to deck. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Tsi-Yuen in Dock

Russo-Japanese War - Tsi-Yuen in Dock - Boat in dock. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Retvisan Russia

Russo-Japanese War - Retvisan Russia - Ship sailing, funnels belching smoke. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Tsi-Yuen in Dock

Russo-Japanese War - Tsi-Yuen in Dock - Boat in dock. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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Russo-Japanese War - Captain Wang

Russo-Japanese War - Captain Wang - Man sitting, painted screens behind, flower to right. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

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