Japanese Military Uniforms 1841-1929: From the fall of the Shogunate to the Russo-Japanese War

A comprehensive visual history of Japan’s military transformation from the Tokugawa era through the Russo-Japanese War.

Japanese Military Uniforms 1841–1929: From the Fall of the Shogunate to the Russo-Japanese War is the definitive English-language visual history of the dramatic transformation of Japan’s armed forces. Beginning with the final decades of Tokugawa rule — when powerful domains such as Satsuma and Chōshū fielded private armies and modern weapons to challenge the shogunate — thi...