Title
Battleship Azuma
Caption
Kotetsu (?? ?, literally "Ironclad"), later renamed Azuma (? ?, "East")) was the first ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Built in France in 1864, and acquired from the United States in February 1869, she was an ironclad ram warship. She had a decisive role in the Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay in May 1869, which marked the end of the Boshin War, and the complete establishment of the Meiji Restoration.
Date
2012
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group
Reference
UMG20A66_177
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
49,0Mb (6,7Mb) / 17,1in x 11,1in / 5124 x 3344 (300dpi)