Toyohara Chikanobu, "Battle at Asan, Sino-Japanese War"

An officer on horseback leads his troops at the Battle of Asan during the SIno-Japanese War (1894-1895) in this grand and heroic composition by noted Meiji-period artist Toyohara Chikanobu (1838-1912). The officer and his troops drive the enemy back. 

Date: 1894
Size: Oban Triptych
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.