Nihon banzai: Hyakusen hyakusho, Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1895 (Meiji)

This print, published in february of 1895, the month of china's surrender, shows the chinese fleeing before the giant strides of the japanese army. It is from a series of fifty prints created by kiyochika over the course of the war which make fun of the chinese enemy. Other prints from the series appear on the wall above. Date: 1895 (Meiji). Place of creation: Tokyo, Japan. Dimensions: height: 37.1 cm (14.6 in); width: 25.4 cm (10 in). Medium: pigments on mulberry paper. Collection: Walters Art Museum. Matsuke Heikichi - Nihon banzai - Hyakusen hyakusho - Walters 95439