Image: Soldiers from the Un'yō attacking the Yeongjong castle on a Korean island (woodblock print, 1876)
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Description: A depiction of the Ganghwa Island incident, an armed encounter between the Joseon Dynasty of Korea and Japan in the vicinity of Ganghwa Island, showing Japanese marines from the gunboat Un'yō landing on Yeongjong Island on 20 September 1875 to attack the Yeongjong castle (actually a battery).
Title: Soldiers from the Un'yō attacking the Yeongjong castle on a Korean island.
Credit: Kōichi Hagiwara (2004) 図説 西郷隆盛と大久保利通 [Illustrated Life of Saigō Takamori and Okubo Toshimichi], Tokyo: 河出書房新社 [Kawade Shobō Shinsha] ISBN: 9784309760414.
Author: Unknown.
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License: Public domain
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