| PAGE | |
| The Battleship Chin Yen (photograph) | Frontispiece |
| Map of Japan | 3 |
| The Tsukuba | 20 |
| The Fuji Yama | 23 |
| The Adsuma | 27 |
| Japanese Officers in 1866 | 30 |
| The Moisshin | 31 |
| The Asama | 33 |
| Battle of Hakodate (from a Japanese print) | 37 |
| The Seiki | 41 |
| Japanese Fleet at Manœuvres (photograph) | 45 |
| The Chin Yen at Evolutions (photograph) | 51 |
| The Tsukushi (photograph) | 55 |
| The Esmeralda (now Idzumi) (plan) | 58 |
| The Naniwa (photograph) | 61 |
| The Naniwa (plan) | 63 |
| The Sai Yen (photograph and plan) | 65 |
| The Fuso at Sea (photograph) | 69 |
| The Takao (photograph) | 73 |
| The Unebi | 75 |
| The Tschichima | 79 |
| The Hashidate (photograph) | 83 |
| The Matsushima (photograph) | 83 |
| The Hei Yen (photograph) | 87 |
| The Chiyoda (photograph) | 89 |
| The Chiyoda (plan) | 91 |
| The Akitsushima (photograph) | 93 |
| The Akitsushima (plan) | 95 |
| The Yoshino (plan) | 96 |
| The Yoshino (photograph) | 97 |
| The Tatsuta (plan) | 100 |
| The Japanese Fleet in line abreast off Chemulpo | |
| during the War | 107 |
| Admiral Ito (photograph) | 117 |
| A Japanese Picture of Yalu | 133 |
| Sinking of the King Yuen | |
| (sketch by a Japanese Officer) | 137 |
| Plans of Battle of Yalu | 121, 125, 129, 141 |
| The Chen Yuen after Action | 145 |
| Map of Wei-hai-wei | 157 |
| Celebrating Surrender of Chinese Fleet | |
| at Naval Club, Tokio | 161 |
| Japanese Fleet bombarding Wei-hai-wei | 165 |
| The Suma (photograph) | 169 |
| The Fuji (plan) | 173 |
| The Yoshima (plan) | 173 |
| The Fuji (photograph) | 175 |
| The Shikishima (plan) | 177 |
| The Hatsuse (photograph) | 179 |
| The Mikasa (plan) | 183 |
| The Mikasa (photograph) | 187 |
| The Idzumo (photograph) | 193 |
| The Asama (plan) | 196 |
| The Yakumo (photograph) | 197 |
| The Azuma (plan) | 200 |
| The Nisshin (photograph) | 201 |
| The Kasuga (plan) | 204 |
| The Nisshin (plan) | 204 |
| The Kasuga (photograph) | 205 |
| The Kasagi (photograph) | 209 |
| The Takasago (plan) | 211 |
| The Niitaka (plan) | 212 |
| The Chihaya (plan) | 214 |
| The Miyako (plan) | 214 |
| The First Japanese Torpedo Boat | 216 |
| The Kashima (plan) | 221 |
| Yokosuka (map) | 235 |
| Sassebo (map) | 238 |
| Sassebo Naval Club (photograph) | 239 |
| Maitzuru (map) | 241 |
| Takeshiki (map) | 244 |
| Kobé Harbour (photograph) | 247 |
| Admiral Gombey (photograph) | 253 |
| Japanese Flags | 274 |
| The Shikishima entering Portsmouth Dockyard | 287 |
| “At Home” on board the Kasagi | 291 |
| Schneider-Canet Gun 24-cm. | |
| for Coast Service (photograph) | 312 |
| 12-in. Guns of the Mikasa (plan) | 314 |
| Canet Guns 24-cm. for Coast Service (photograph) | 315 |
| Vickers 6-in. Gun (plan) | 318 |
| Vickers 6-in. Gun (photograph) | 319 |
| Canet 27-cm. Gun (photograph) | 323 |
| Elswick Submerged Tube (plan) | 326 |
| Canet 15-cm. Gun (photograph) | 327 |
| Elswick Submerged Tube (photograph) | 331 |
| Belleville Boiler | 333 |
| Niclausse Boiler | 335 |
| The Variag | 341 |
| Admiral Togo | 344 |
The Imperial Japanese Navy
About This Book
The author surveys the development of Japanese naval forces from their earliest origins through rapid modern expansion, recounting earlier conflicts and the fleet’s contemporary organization. The narrative interleaves historical episodes with technical and institutional analysis: shipbuilding programmes, dockyards and harbours, armament and engineering (guns, torpedoes, armour, engines and boilers), and detailed descriptions of individual warships. Personnel matters receive extended treatment, including entry, training, pay, uniforms, mess arrangements, and character of officers and ratings. Numerous illustrations and appendices compile official reports, ship lists, and explanatory glossaries, while comparative observations relate foreign practices to domestic naval policy and capabilities.