A collection of 34 late-19th century Japanese hand-coloured woodblock triptychs depicting scenes from the First Sino-Japanese Conflict Click to zoom

Sensō-e: Sino-Japanese War Triptychs

A collection of 34 late-19th century Japanese hand-coloured woodblock triptychs depicting scenes from the First Sino-Japanese Conflict

R37794
Publication

4 500 €

Tôkyô, 1894-95

71 x 37 cm.

The first image displayed :日清軍史   威海衛海岸激戦之圖
[Nissei gunshi – Ikaei kaigan gekisen no zu
Histoire militaire du Japon et de la Chine-  Dessin de la violente bataille navale au large de Weihaiwei]. Artist unknown.

The second image displayed: 大日本大勝利分捕品縦覧之図 [Dai Nihon daishōri bundorihin jūran no zu. An exhibition of captured booty].

(梅堂)小国政 (五代目歌川国政) (?-1923以前)
Baidō Kokunimasa (Utagawa Kunimasa V)
Tôkyô, Takahashi Tomozaburō, 1894.

The third image displayed: [Captain Matsuzaki fought bravely in the battle of Seongwan, by Yosai Nobuzaku]. Tôkyô, Hasegawa Sonikichi,1894.

Further information

Category:Graphic arts (65)
Country:Japon (71)
Geographical area:Asie orientale et méridionale (208)
Languages:Japonais (44)

Keywords

Prints (25)Woodblocks (16)