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- i-57 Attack on Weihaiwei
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915); woodcut; Private Collection
1.58 Night Attack by Japanese Artillery on Kurenjo 1894
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915); woodcut; Private Collection
1.59 Major Saito Killing a
Chinese Soldier, being (?) to Bury A Mine of Powder 1895
Series: Famous and Glorious Examples;
Ogata Gekko (1859-1920); woodcut;
Harold and Vera Mortimer-Lamb Purchase Fund; aggv 93.41.7
1.60 Tooth pulling of Chinese by Japanese soldier (Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895)
Series: One Hundred Victories One Hundred Laughs; Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915); woodcut; Asian Art Purchase Fund; aggv 91.24.2
This propaganda print mocks the enemy and has racial overtones. Scene shows Chinese sol�dier having his teeth pulled by Japanese soldier. (It symbolizes China under Manchus and implies the old country is all talk and no action, so Japanese are taking teeth out of their announcements.)
RUSSO JAPANESE WAR PRINTS
1.61 Russian Officer portrayed as Daruma
(Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905)
Series: One Hundred Victoria One Hundred Laughs; Kobayashi Kiyochika (1848-1915) woodcut; Harold and Vera Mortimer-Lamb Purchase Fund; aggv 93.41.9
A print which mocks a Russian General and his troops by portraying the General as the seated Buddhist figure, Daruma, wrapped in robes im�plying the Russians have no arms or legs so they cannot fight.
1.62 Accounts of the Russo Japanese War
Migita Toshihide (1863-1925); woodcut;
Private Collection
1.63 The Great Victory of the Japanese Navy in Port Arthur Engagement 1905
Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915); woodcut;
Fred and Isabel Pollard Collection; aggv 90.4.2
1.64 The Destruction of the Russian Navy Flagship and the Death of Admiral Makalor at Port Arthur 1904
Fajita Hanko (1870-1917); woodcut;
Private Collection
1.65 Great Naval Battle
off the Coast of Port Arthur
Koto (active late 19th/early 20th century);
woodcut; Private Collection
1.66 In a Great Battle at Port Arthur, the Japanese Fleet Exterminates Russian Ships 1905
Terazaki Kogyo (1866-1919); woodcut;
Private Collection
1.67 The Great Victory of the Japanese Army in the Chongju 1904
Watanabe Nobukazu (1874-1944); woodcut;
Gladys Kathleen Newman Roffey Bequest
Fund; aggv 90.27
1.68 The Russian Railway Carriage on the Frozen Lake Baikal Falling into the Bottom of It
Utagawa Kokunimasa (active 1894-1905);
woodcut; Private Collection
1.69 Field Hospital
Kajita Hanko (1870-1917); woodcut;
Harold and Vera Mortimer-Lamb Purchase
Fund; aggv 93.41.8
1.70 Nurse 1904
Takeuchi Keishu (active late i9th/early 20th century); woodcut; Private Collection
2. Painting
2.1 Western Woman in Japanese Setting
T. Nakayama (active mid-late 19th century), Yokohama; hanging scroll; ink and colours on silk; 128x50.5 cm; aggv SC197
2.2 Western Girl in Japanese Setting
T. Nakayama (active mid-late 19th century), Yokohama; hanging scroll; ink and colours on silk; 119x50.5 cm; aggv SC185
2.3 Court Fan Painting of Autumn Leaves on One Side and Cranes on the Other
late 19th century; ink and colours on paper; ivory with inlay; 67 x 20.5 cm;
Private Collection
2.4 Man Reading by Oil-light and Wearing Western Spectacles
Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891); hanging scroll; ink and colours on paper; 17.7x25.8 cm;
Gift of Professor and Mrs. Arnold Frenzel; aggv 92.49.1
2.5 Elephant
Nishiyama Kan'ei (1833-1897) of the Shijo School; hanging scroll; ink on paper;
136.5 x 62.2 cm; Gift of Mr. Bunzo Nakanishi; aggv 77.119
2.6 Tiger Crouching in Jungle
(metaphor for "defend your country")
Goseki (late 19th/early 20th century); hanging scroll; ink and colours on silk; 123x40.6 cm; L. Wright Collection
2.7 Dog with Frilly Collar
Shuzan (late 19th century); scroll mounted in frame; ink and colours on paper; 106.5 x 41 cm; Private Collection
MEIJI/171
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