Historical Resources Online

[Pendrake]

I found something really nice this afternoon. It is a series of essays examining Japanese woodblock prints from the Sino-Japanese war (1894-1895). I have seen one or two of these around the web before but never this many assembled all in one place:

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/throwing_off_asia_02/toa_essay02.html

That link goes to the 2nd of six sections; it contains the greatest concentration of the naval prints. All courtesy of MIT.edu.

[MadDrB]

And in color!  Very nice.  I particularly like the one with the cross-section nautical view of a sinking Chinese cruiser (my presumption based on the caption) with what looks like a Sperm Whale in the lower left hand corner (probably meant to just be an underwater rock).

Some great inspiration for painting Japanese figure and ship models from this period.  Thanks for posting.

[Ruckdog]

Great link, thanks for sharing! To piggyback a bit!if you are looking for WWII-era IJN info the Combined Fleet website is indispensable:

http://www.combinedfleet.com/