MATERIAL: Photography
TYPE: Photograph Album
DIMENSIONS: 8-Nation Photo: 4 X 5 1/2 inches cabinet photos: 4 3/4 X 6 3/4 inches each CDVs: 2 1/2 X 4 inches each
COMPONENTS: 7 photographs; 6 other portraits (3 CDVs and 3 cabinet photos)
CONDITION: 8-Nation Photo: very nice shape for the age cabinet photos and CDVs: all in good shape for the age
NOTES: Rare and original. A rare archive of Boxer Rebellion photos.
ITEM ID: 975
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Boxer Rebellion Photograph Archive

DATE
Year: 1900
Decade: 1900s
Century: 20th (1901-2000)
Notes: Meiji 33-36

Japanese Boxer Rebellion photograph archive dating from 1900-1903, including an image of soldiers from the Eight Nation Alliance, which included the United States, Japan, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. There are six other portraits of Japanese soldiers who participated in the Boxer Rebellion.

According to Sugihiko Uchida, the names and ages of those posing here are:
Mr.Tsuruki (鶴来) at center, Mr. Utahara Ichijirou (歌原市治郎) and Mr. Ishii Naojirou (石井直治郎). The note to the left tells that they are war buddies. Another photo shows a Mr. Utahara, a corporal, and Mr. Yamanaka Kousaku (山中耕作), a private first class. On the back of a photo is a dedication to Sergeant Major Kanazawa Shizuo (金澤静雄) is written to the right. The dedicator is Mr. Utahara.