Postcards in the
Woodblock-Print Mode

Although postcards replaced woodblock prints as the most popular art form for visualizing the Russo-Japanese War, some postcards retained the old-fashioned “look” of the woodblocks.







"Land Battle with the Japanese General on Horse Back" Artist unknown [2002.5320] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Land Battle with the Japanese General on Horse Back"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5320]
"Japanese Cavalry Driving Away the Russians" Artist unknown [2002.5117] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Japanese Soldiers Attack Russians"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5350]
"The Land War of Japan and Russia" Artist unknown [2002.5314] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Japanese Cavalry Driving Away the Russians"
Artist unknown, late Meiji era
[2002.5117]
"The Land War of Japan and Russia"
Artist unknown, cancelled 1904
[2002.5314]
"Japanese Soldiers Attack Russians" Artist unknown [2002.5350] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston"The Surrounding Attack on Port Arthur by Our Army and Navy" Artist unknown [2002.5315] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"The Surrounding Attack on Port Arthur by Our Army and Navy"
Artist unknown, cancelled 1904
 [2002.5315]
"Chung-Ju Occupied by Japanese" Artist unknown [2002.5316] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Chung-Ju Occupied by Japanese"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5316]
"Japanese Soldiers Capturing Korean People" Artist unknown [2002.5353] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Japanese Soldiers Capturing Korean People"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5353]
"Fall of Port Arthur" [2002.5296] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Fall of Port Arthur"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5296]
"Battle on the Yalu" Artist unknown [2002.3442] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Battle on the Yalu"
Artist unknown, late Meiji era
[2002.3442]
"Conquest of Dalny" Artist unknown [2002.3444] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Conquest of Dalny"
Artist unknown, late Meiji era
[2002.3444]
"Japanese Cavalry at the Time of Occupation of Yinkow, July 25th, 1904" Artist unknown [2002.3394] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"(A12) To Battlefield from Poor Home"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.3379]
"To Battlefield from Poor Home" Artist unknown [2002.3379] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Japanese Fleets"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5348]
"Land Battle with the Japanese General on Horse Back" Artist unknown [2002.5348] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"A Battle Fought in Order to Avenge the Death of Commander
Hirose (76)" Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5259]
"A Battle Fought in Order to Avenge the Death of Commander Hirose (76)" Artist unknown [2002.5259] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Battle on the Boat"
Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.5345]
"Battle on the Boat" Artist unknown [2002.5345] Lauder Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"Japanese Cavalry at the Time of Occupation of Yinkow,
July 25th, 1904" Artist unknown, 1904–1905
[2002.3394]
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Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese
Postcards at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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