"Weihaiwei was a strategic port in Shandong Province, opposite from Port Arthur. Japanese troops landed just south from Weihaiwei on December 20th, and quickly captured [...]

"Although officers were not named, prints such as this were intended to raise patriotism, respect and admiration for the armed forces. Tsukioka Kōgyo was the adopted son[...]

"On September 15, The Japanese Army, some 10,000 strong, under the command of Marshal Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922) met the Chinese Army led by General Deng Shichang (184[...]

"The Conquest of Taiwan (Formosa), which was granted as a Japanese territory at the Treaty of Shimonoseki, was rushed, and The Japanese Imperial Guard, still in their win[...]

"After capturing Port Arthur, the Japanese forces split yet again- Field Marshal Ōyama and the Second Army crossed the Yellow Sea to lay siege to Weihaiwei, and the remai[...]

"The Battle of Asan is also known as The Battle of Ansong Ford, for it was fought near the ford of the Ansong River. The Sino-Japanese war yielded numerous heroes, which [...]

In Manchuria, Qing forces under General Sung Qing battled furiously to recover Hai Cheng, even though the Japanese were outnumbered 60,000 to 25,000, they managed to hold[...]

"At the end of 1894, The City of Mukden fell to the Japanese. This strategic city prevented Chinese reinforcements approach from the north, while The Japanese focused on [...]

The small, but strategically important town of Phoenix Castle (Fenghuangcheng), was taken by Japanese forces one day after the land battle of Yalu River. The First Army [...]