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Photo of Naval battle between Taiping-Qing armies on Yangtze River. The caption in French says: "Canonnade des Taiping contre les jonques de guerre des Tsing qui assiégeaient la capital du Royaume céleste." ("Taiping cannon fire against the Qing war…

The people in the image are attempting to escape from the Meiji police force that is beating them off of the old castle wall and into the pond below which was also the old castle's moat.

Dressed in Western attire, the diplomat and official of the Meiji Ministry of Education is shown in a monochromatic photograph.

Portrait of Takasugi Shinsaku