Japanese War Art and Uniforms, 1853–1930 by René Chartrand 2011

A large-format survey of Japanese military institutions and their visual documentation from the end of the Edo period through the early Showa era. Chartrand traces the rapid evolution of Japanese military uniforms, equipment, and naval vessels against the background of Japan's modernization, drawing on color reproductions of period woodblock prints and paintings alongside rare early military regulations and official documents whose illustrations have not previously appeared in English-language literature. The book also addresses the influence Japanese visual art exerted on emergent Western Impressionism. An unusually cross-disciplinary reference bridging military history and art history.

• Title: Japanese War Art and Uniforms, 1853–1930
• Author: René Chartrand
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania
• Publication Date: December 2011
• Edition:
• Printing:
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 240
• Illustrations: Over 320 color and black-and-white images
• ISBN-13: 978-0764339578
• Language: English
• Dimensions: 9 × 12 in.
• Series: Schiffer Military History
• Condition: Very Good
• Notes: Cover features a detail from a Meiji-era battle painting with troops in wooded terrain.
• Description: A large-format survey of Japanese military institutions and their visual documentation from the end of the Edo period through the early Showa era. Chartrand traces the rapid evolution of Japanese military uniforms, equipment, and naval vessels against the background of Japan's modernization, drawing on color reproductions of period woodblock prints and paintings alongside rare early military regulations and official documents whose illustrations have not previously appeared in English-language literature. The book also addresses the influence Japanese visual art exerted on emergent Western Impressionism. An unusually cross-disciplinary reference bridging military history and art history.