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Mizuno Toshikata, "Battle at Anseong, Sino-Japanese War"
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The Battle of Anseong was Japan's effort to overtake China's stronghold at Songwhan in Korea. This triptych by Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908) shows an officer leading the charge across the river where he is confronted by Chinese forces.
Date: ca. 1895
Size: Oban Triptych
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizo
Condition: Excellent color and condition
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Japan's ascendance into a colonial power in the late 19th century was the subject of many Meiji-period woodblock print makers. These senso-e (war pictures) depicting battles and heroes of the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars were romanticized snapshots of valiant victories in combat, but were also celebrations of real military achievements that laid the foundations of Japan's imperial rise in the 20th century.
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