A dense Tokyo crowd surrounds mounted troops and carriages processing beneath flags and a triumphal arch during Admiral Togo’s return in 1905.

October 22, 1905; published 1907 · Halftone reproduction of a photograph

The Triumphal Return of Admiral Togo from the Sea of Japan

Underwood & Underwood

Why it matters

The high viewpoint, decorated route, massed spectators, and military procession turn naval victory into visual evidence that Japan can mobilise the institutions and public rituals of a great power.

Publication
The World's Work, vol. 14
Holding institution
Internet Archive, digitised copy of The World's Work
Shelfmark
The World's Work, vol. 14, p. 9334; IA identifier worldswork14gard
Rights
Public Domain in the United States; published in 1907

Citation

Underwood & Underwood. The Triumphal Return of Admiral Togo from the Sea of Japan. October 22, 1905. Reproduced in The World's Work, vol. 14 (1907), p. 9334.