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"Lieutenant Commander Sakamoto, Skipper of the Imperial Warship Akagi, Fights Bravely"  by Mizuno Toshikata, 18.... [2000_380_20] Sharf Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Imperial Designs: The Nations at War

From an italian series on Port Arthur published by Rodolfo Falb, Siena

Artist unknown, Italian
1904–05

This Italian set of postcards offers an ironic historical resumé of power politics focusing on the strategic military base of Port Arthur between 1894 and 1904. (Port Arthur provided critical access to China, Manchuria, and Korea and was key to control of the surrounding seas.) In this sequence, (1) Japan kicks out China in 1894, (2) Russia shoves out Japan in 1895, (3) Russia occupies Port Arthur and the Liaotung Peninsula from 1898 to 1904, (4) the Japanese sneak back in 1904, (5) clobber the Russians in a surprise attack, and (6) kick the Russians out.
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(2) Russia shoves out Japan in 1895
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(1) Japan kicks out China in 1894
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(3) Russia occupies Port Arthur and the Liaotung Peninsula from 1898 to 1904
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(4) The Japanese sneak back in 1904
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(5) The Japanese clobber the Russians in a surprise attack
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(6) The Japanese kick the Russians out
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Images from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection of
Japanese Postcards at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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