
Kobayashi Kiyochika | Honekawa Dojin
1895 CE
Paper; Woodblock Printed
A Japanese soldier in uniform, holding a rifle, spits towards a landscape of destroyed buildings under a pink sky with a red sun. Text is present in the upper portion of the image. A Japanese soldier in uniform, holding a rifle, spits towards a landscape of destroyed buildings under a pink sky with a red sun. Text is present in the upper portion of the image. Woodblock print of satiric commentary on the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. Titled "The Old Great Power Blown Away" the print is from the series Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho, or "Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs", printed in February of 1895 by artist Kobayashi Kiyochika and publisher Matsumoto Heikichi. This single sheet print portrays a Japanese soldier blowing away China. 29-96-686 Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
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