Great Ming Military

A barefoot She man from  Luoyuan County . Image cropped from 'Huang Qing Zhi Gong Tu (《皇清職貢圖》)'.

MINOR UPDATE JUNE 9, 2025 Armoured cavalry escorting a commander and a mandarin. From 'Kang Wo Tu Juan (《抗倭圖卷》)'. As Ming em...

Stone inscription detailing a sortie of Ye Bu Shou on Qinhuangdao Great Wall.

A Native American medicine bag made of deer scrotum, just to give a better idea of what a deer scrotum quiver might look like. (Source: Et...

'Heng Yu Da Jie (《橫嶼大捷》)' painted by Ma Hong Dao (馬宏道) in 1988 to commemorate Qi Jia Jun's great victory at Battle of Heng Yu....

UPDATED DECEMBER 7, 2022 Section of the scroll painting...

Section of a mural depicting Shaolin warrior monks training with their weapons. From 'Shao Lin Wu Seng He Lian Tu (《少林武僧合練圖》)',  S...

UPDATED MAY 8, 2023 Qin Liang Yu and Bai Gan Bing, from 'Li Dai Ming Jiang Hua Pu (《歷代名將畫譜》)' by early Republican period painter ...

Aftermath of the Siege of Fort Zeelandia, depicting Chinese troops wearing heavy lamellar armour, possibly Tie Ren. Artwork taken from ...

Section of the Ming Dynasty scroll painting 'Kang Wo Tu Juan (《抗倭圖卷》)', depicting auxiliary troops armed with hook-like polearms. ...