MFA Images: Weapons & WarExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/743588/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAdmiral Kabayama Fights Furiously in the Great Sino-Japanese Naval Battle off Takushan in China (Shinkoku Daikôsan oki Nisshin daikaisen Kabayama shôgun funsen no zu)1894 (Meiji 27), OctoberYōshū Chikanobu (Hashimoto Chikanobu)2000.243a-c130152/internal/media/dispatcher/774705/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAttack at Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, July 18631863Unidentified artist, American, 19th century60.1083258927/internal/media/dispatcher/743580/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBanzai for the Japanese Navy and Army! Illustration of the Great Battle near Weihaiwei (Nihon kairiku banzai; Ikaiei fukin daigekisen no zu)1895 (Meiji 28), FebruaryKobayashi Ikuhide2000.188a-c129929/internal/media/dispatcher/928877/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBattle at Jinzhoucheng on the Road to Port Arthur (Ryojun michi Kinshûjô sen)1894 (Meiji 27), November 28Kobayashi Kiyochika2000.185a-c129943/internal/media/dispatcher/1044192/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Battle of Bunker Hillabout 1776–77Winthrop Chandler1982.28134496/internal/media/dispatcher/1110771/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailA Battle Scene from Knickerbocker's History of New York1838John Quidor48.46833214/internal/media/dispatcher/896548/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBattleship Potemkin1926Anton Lavinsky2002.155358489/internal/media/dispatcher/783335/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Boston Massacre1770Paul Revere, Jr.67.1165171062/internal/media/dispatcher/679591/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCaptivesEvariste Vital Luminais24.23032136/internal/media/dispatcher/928850/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailCavalry Charge1902Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille24.21832125/internal/media/dispatcher/929186/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailChinese and Japanese Troops in a Great Battle at Gaiping (Nisshin ryôgun Gaihei daigekisen no zu)1895 (Meiji 28),FebruaryJûgunsha Nakagawa21.1540-2470673/internal/media/dispatcher/927786/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Courageous Fight of Captain Matsuzaki During the Battle of Songhwan (Seikan no eki ni oite Matsuzaki taii yûsen no zu)1894 (Meiji 27), AugustYōsai Nobukazu2000.110a-c129968/internal/media/dispatcher/1028763/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17 June, 1775after 1815–before 1831John Trumbull1977.85334260/internal/media/dispatcher/605572/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDeparture of the 7th Regiment, N.Y.S.M., April 19, 18611861George Hayward51.2785157914/internal/media/dispatcher/933442/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDesperate Battle of Captain Asakawa at Tuchengzi (Dojôshi ni okeru Taii Asakawa shi no kusen)1895 (Meiji 28), JanuaryKobayashi Kiyochika2000.181a-c129941/internal/media/dispatcher/605514/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEntrance of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts Regiment (Colored) into Charleston, South Carolina, Feb. 21, 18651865Thomas Nast59.940157839/internal/media/dispatcher/786629/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEquestrian portrait of Nadir Shah Afsharabout 1740– 45Muhammad Ali ibn Abd al-Bayg ibn Ali Quli Jabbadar14.64613926/internal/media/dispatcher/1586481/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailExecution of the Emperor Maximilian1867Edouard Manet30.44432372/internal/media/dispatcher/769525/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGeneral Attack on the Tientsin Castle by the Allied Armies: The Hakkō-tai Corps of the 11th Regiment Opening the South Inner Gate and Charging (Rekkoku rengōgun Tenshinjō sōkōgeki, hohei daijūichi rentai daihachi Hakkōtai Minami Naimon kaihi tosshin no zu), No. 12 from the series Pictorial Report on the War in China (Shinkoku senran gahō, sono jūni)1900 (Meiji 33), August 8Kasai Torajirō2001.863337180/internal/media/dispatcher/979940/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGrant's First Attack at VicksburgMay 19, 1863Unidentified artist, American, 19th century61.362259084/internal/media/dispatcher/979970/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Great Battle at the Uji River (Ujikawa ōgassen)about 1839–41 (Tenpô 10–12)Utagawa Kuniyoshi17.3209.12-14494231/internal/media/dispatcher/924263/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGreat Sino-Japanese Battle at Fenghuangcheng (Hôôjô Nisshin dai gekisen no zu)1894 (Meiji 27), OctoberToyohara Kuniteru III2000.233a-c129967/internal/media/dispatcher/927791/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGreat Victory of Our Armed Forces at the Battle of Pyongyang (Heijō gekisen waga gun dai shōri no zu)1894 (Meiji 27), OctoberKobayashi Kiyochika2000.229a-c129936/internal/media/dispatcher/924281/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Great Victory of Our Army at the Battle of Pyongyang (Heijô no gekisen waga gun dai shôri no zu)1894–95 (Meiji 27–28)Adachi Ginkō2000.380.2a-c150030/internal/media/dispatcher/924297/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGreat Victory of Our Forces at the Battle of the Yellow Sea--Second Illustration (Kôkai ni okeru wagagun no daishô, dai ni zu)1894 (Meiji 27), OctoberKobayashi Kiyochika2000.380.16a-c155826/internal/media/dispatcher/923643/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIllustration of a Fierce Russo-Japanese War Battle: Our Troops Occupy Chongju, a Great Japanese Victory (Nichiro gekisen gazu, Teishû o senryô su, Nihon dai shôri)1904 (Meiji 37), MayKyôkatsu2000.458a-c129748/internal/media/dispatcher/743669/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIllustration of the Great Naval Battle at the Harbor Entrance to Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War (Nichiro Ryojunkô daikaisen no zu)1904 (Meiji 37), printed February 13, published February 16Rosetsu2000.73a-c130046/internal/media/dispatcher/743590/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Imperial Navy Wins a Major Victory in a Great Naval Battle off Takushan (Daikosan oki daikaisen teikoku kaigun daishôri)1894 (Meiji 27), printed September, published OctoberKuniomi2000.135a-c129965/internal/media/dispatcher/923646/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIn the Battle of the Sha River, a Company of Our Right-Wing Forces Drives a Strong Enemy Force to the Left Bank of the Taizi River (Shaka no kaisen ni waga uyokugun no ichi jûtai gankyô no teki o Taishika no sagan ni gekitsui)1904 (Meiji 37), printed November 12, published November 15Hirose Yoshikuni2000.472a-c129780/internal/media/dispatcher/924302/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIn the Battle of the Yellow Sea a Sailor onboard Our Japanese Warship Matsushima, on the Verge of Dying, Asked Whether or Not the Enemy Ship Had Been Destroyed (Kôkai no tatakai ni waga Matsushima no suihei shi ni nozonde tekikan no sonpi o tou)1894 (Meiji 27), OctoberKobayashi Kiyochika2000.380.21a-c155832/internal/media/dispatcher/969535/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIzumi Saburô Chikahira, No. 14 from the series Paragons of Bravery in Thirty-six Battles (Yûkai sanjûroku kassen)about 1851–52 (Kaei 4–5)Utagawa Kuniyoshi49.1249253688/internal/media/dispatcher/923648/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailJapanese Suicide Squads Fight Bravely in the Naval Battle at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War (Nichiro Ryojunkô kaisen Nihon kesshitai yûsen)1904 (Meiji 37), MarchSengai (?)2000.85a-c130045/internal/media/dispatcher/840812/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of a boat on the Yodo Riverearly to mid-19th centuryHosono School11.23754a12283/internal/media/dispatcher/840835/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of carp and weedsearly to mid-19th centuryIshiguro Masayoshi11.5217a9718/internal/media/dispatcher/840813/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of crowsmid-19th centuryYanagawa Naomasa11.23755a12284/internal/media/dispatcher/871504/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of deer and moon in KasugaAbout 1850Kanō Natsuo11.2381428053/internal/media/dispatcher/857365/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of Li Bai supported by two attendantsAbout 1870–89Miyata Nobuhisa11.51849672/internal/media/dispatcher/840862/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of many monkeysmid-18th centuryTetsugendo Naoshige11.23826a-b12345/internal/media/dispatcher/840843/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of millet-headsmid-19th centuryAraki Tōmei11.5225a9726/internal/media/dispatcher/857357/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of Nio and temple attendantearly to mid-19th centuryYokoya Sōmin V11.23829a12348/internal/media/dispatcher/840842/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of Okame mask on hangerLate 18th–early 19th centuryHamano Naoyuki11.5224a9725/internal/media/dispatcher/892133/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKozuka with design of tiger and bambooearly to mid-19th centuryMurakami Jochiku11.23773a12301/internal/media/dispatcher/1346112/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLieutenant Commander Yamanaka, Chief Gunner of Our Ship Fuji, Fights Fiercely in the Naval Battle at the Entrance to Port Arthur (Ryojunkô no kaisen ni waga Fuji hôjutsuchô Yamanaka shôsa funsen)1904 (Meiji 37), MarchMigita Toshihide2000.75a-c154794/internal/media/dispatcher/924264/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Most Illustrious Soldier in the Battle of the Hyeonmu Gate [at Pyongyang], Harada Jûkichi, Climbs Up Ahead and Fights Bravely (Genbumon kôgeki zuiichi gunkôsha Harada Jûkichi shi sento funsen zu)1894 (Meiji 27), NovemberMizuno Toshikata2000.101a-c129988/internal/media/dispatcher/1203864/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMounting for a sword of the itomaki-no- tachi type with design of family crests (tsuka and saya)17th centuryArtist unknown, Japanese11.5097.3a-b25262/internal/media/dispatcher/1203791/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMounting for a sword of the tantô type with decoration of autumn grassesmid-19th centuryTanaka Toshiyoshi11.11252.327509/internal/media/dispatcher/840104/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNapoleonic Campaigns: Battle of AhensbergundatedJacques-François Swebach35.1988247742/internal/media/dispatcher/840106/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNapoleonic Campaigns: Battle of Ligny (June 16, 1815)undatedJacques-François Swebach35.1990247744/internal/media/dispatcher/840107/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNapoleonic Campaigns: Battle of Raab (June 14, 1809)undatedJacques-François Swebach35.1991247745/internal/media/dispatcher/840110/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNapoleonic Campaigns: Battle of Smolensk (1812)Jacques-François Swebach35.1994247748/internal/media/dispatcher/780337/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe National Lancers with the Reviewing Officers on Boston Common1837Fitz Henry Lane39.25736704/internal/media/dispatcher/1268921/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNight Attack on the Sanjō Palace, from the Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji monogatari emaki)second half of the 13th century11.400024523/internal/media/dispatcher/927795/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailThe Occupation of the Fortress at Niuzhuang: The Battle of Lieutenant Colonel Imada (Gyûsôjô senryô: Imada chûsa sentô no zu)1895 (Meiji 28), MarchAdachi Ginkō2000.27a-c150152/internal/media/dispatcher/757216/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOfficer's swordabout 1805–12Thomas Ellicott Warner1973.481a-b40697/internal/media/dispatcher/783104/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOn the War Path1837–74Alfred Jacob Miller57.32536871/internal/media/dispatcher/743654/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOur Army's Great Victory at the Night Battle of Pyongyang (Heijô yasen wagahei daishôri)1894 (Meiji 27), SeptemberKobayashi Toshimitsu2000.51a-c129992/internal/media/dispatcher/923633/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOur Army's Great Victory at the Night Battle of Pyongyang (Heijô yasen wagahei daishôri)1894 (Meiji 27), SeptemberKobayashi Toshimitsu2000.359a-c150407/internal/media/dispatcher/1493252/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailOur Troops Occupy the Fortress at Huangjinshan in the Battle of Lüshunkou [=the Battle of Port Arthur] (Wagahei Ryojunkô Ôgonzan hôrui senryô)1894 (Meiji 27)Ozaki Toshitane2000.108a-c129993/internal/media/dispatcher/780484/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPitcher (oinochoe) with battle of the Greeks and Amazonsabout 320–310 B.C.The Helios Group89.260154065/internal/media/dispatcher/1226192/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPoperinghe: Two Soldiers1918John Singer Sargent21.140231628/internal/media/dispatcher/1154208/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPortrait of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales at a Review, Attended by Lord Heathfield, General Turner, Col. Bloomfield, and Baron Eben; Col. Quinton in the Distance1809John Singleton Copley25.9832175/internal/media/dispatcher/1112453/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPrepatory Sketch for Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburgabout 1871Peter Frederick Rothermel64.45033817/internal/media/dispatcher/971903/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPrivate Harada Jûkichi Opens the Hyeonmu Gate from Within the Fort at Pyongyang1894 (Meiji 27)Mizuno Toshikata21.1786-8491110/internal/media/dispatcher/896488/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRape of the Sabine Women1963Pablo Picasso64.70933864/internal/media/dispatcher/783106/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRunning Fight, Sioux and Crows1837–74Alfred Jacob Miller55.77736886/internal/media/dispatcher/913847/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRusso-Japanese War: Great Japan Red Cross Battlefield Hospital Treating Injured (Nichiro sensō dai Nihon Sekijūji yasenbyōin fushōsha kyūryō no zu)1904 (Meiji 37), MarchUtagawa Kokunimasa (Ryūa)2000.367a-c130048/internal/media/dispatcher/976196/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSergeant William Russell, 5th Battalion, Royal Artiller1856Robert Howlett1992.513265591/internal/media/dispatcher/1679633/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSheridan's Ride1871Thomas Buchanan Read1983.59434593/internal/media/dispatcher/927798/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSino-Japanese Pitched Battles: Two Generals Fighting at Fenghuangcheng (Nisshin gekisen ryôshô Hôôjô sen no zu)1894 (Meiji 27), November 3Yōsai Nobukazu2000.9a-c129969/internal/media/dispatcher/924272/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSino-Japanese War: The Fierce Battle on the Pontoon Bridge at Jiuliancheng (Nisshin: Kyûrenjô funabashi gekisen no zu)1894 (Meiji 27), OctoberKobayashi Toshimitsu2000.23a-c150121/internal/media/dispatcher/776232/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSmall sword with original scabbard and waistbeltabout 1735Jacob Hurd1984.109.1-341388/internal/media/dispatcher/881717/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSwordLate 16th centurySeki11.5092a-b25257/internal/media/dispatcher/840388/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSwordabout 1300–1200 B.C.61.376153173/internal/media/dispatcher/971648/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSword of the tantō typeearly - mid 19th centuriesIshiguro Masaaki11.505925239/internal/media/dispatcher/971650/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSword of the wakizashi type with mountingmid 14th century and 19th centuryMihara no jû Morimasa11.1129111266/internal/media/dispatcher/1174727/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailSword, Pistols, and Teacup1872 or afterJames Reeve Stuart48.47833224/internal/media/dispatcher/743600/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTwenty-six Shots from Tingyuen Turned Our Central Ammunition Room into a Scene of Carnage, illustration for the unpublished book Conditions aboard the Battleship Matsushima During the Battle of the Yellow Sea (Kôkai kaisen ni okeru Matsushima kannai no jôkyô)1896 (Meiji 29)Kobayashi Teikō2000.333155631/internal/media/dispatcher/1718547/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailUS Army Cavalry Regiment with Horses Standing on Giant Cedararound 1900Unidentified artist, American, 19th century2002.811398615/internal/media/dispatcher/1396467/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailWar Ground1863Alfred Jacob Miller48.45433200