Newspaper Image of Hibiya Riot.
Title
Newspaper Image of Hibiya Riot.
Subject
Citizens of Tokyo climb onto the wall of the old portion of the Shogun's castle in Hibiya park while protesting the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War.
Description
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.
Source
Gordon, Andrew. Social Protest in Imperial Japan The Hibiya Riot of 1905. On MIT Visualizing Cultures Site. http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/social_protest_japan/trg_gallery.html
Date
1905
Files
Collection
Citation
“Newspaper Image of Hibiya Riot.,” Japan's Samurai Revolution, accessed April 25, 2024, https://samurairevolution.omeka.net/items/show/81.