TAGUCHI BEISAKU (1864-1903), ADACHI GINKO (ACT.1870-1890), TOYOHARA CHIKANOBU (1838-1912), NAKAZAWA TOSHIAKI (1864-1921), OZAKI TOSHITANE (ACT.1882-1897), TSUKIOKA YOSHITOSHI (1839-1892), KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA (1847-1915), UTAGAWA KUNIMASA V (1874-1944) A group of Sino-Japanese War oban prints, senso-e comprising: Taguchi Beisaku, a print from the series 'Splendid Mirror of Loyalty and Bravery during the Sino-Japanese War' depicting 'Engineer Sergeant First Class Miyake Heikichi'; Ginko Adachi, a triptych entitled 'Japanese Army Defeats Chinese Forces at Pyongyang'; Toyohara Chikanobu, a triptych entitled 'Kagoshima Rebellion'; Nakazawa Toshiaki a triptych entitled 'The Capture of Weihaiwei'; Ozaki Toshitane, a triptych entitled 'Our Troops Occupy the Fortress at Huangjinshan in the Battle of Port Arthur'; Yoshu Chikanobu, a triptych depicting a gathering of government officials; Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, two sheets from a triptych entitled 'Emperor Sutoku'; Kobayashi Kiyochika, two prints from the series 'Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs'; Utagawa Kunimasa, a triptych entitled 'Attack on Niuzhuang, Qing China'; and a handscroll formed from a six-sheet chuban composition depicting a naval battle, wood box. (25). Footnotes: Senso-e, literally 'war pictures,' presented imagined scenes of battle during the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). These prints fulfilled a pseudo-journalistic function as well as a sensational one, serving as a nationalistic propaganda platform. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
Bonhams
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
Bonhams
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London, UNITED KINGDOM
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4.1(428)
London, UNITED KINGDOM
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