1904 Russo-Japanese War, Imperial Japanese Navy pre-dreadnought battleship "Mikasa", flagship of Admiral Togo Heihachiro and Japanese torpedo boat destroyer "Shirakumo"; litho art postcard. s: Arensen (Rb)
1904 Russo-Japanese War, The Japanese iron-side "Hatsuse" Shikishima-class pre-dreadnought battleship destroyed by a Russian mine near Port Arthur (Lüshun Port, China)
Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture; Saigo Takamori's tomb. Officials pose in front of the tomb of Saigo Takamori (1828-1877) and his troops in Kagoshima City. Saigo Takamori, often called the last samurai, played an important, and later divisive, role in the Meiji Restoration. He led a rebellion against the newly established government in 1877 (Meiji 10), known as the Satsuma uprising. When he was defeated, he committed Seppuku (ritual suicide).
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