Naval Officers Discussing Strategy to be Used in the War against China

September 1894

Not on view

Propagandistic images from the frontlines of the brief Sino-Japanese War, fought against China from late summer 1894 to the following spring over control of the Korean Peninsula, helped feed nationalism back home. In this print published early in the war, naval officers gather around a table strewn with maps of northeast Asia. A battleship bearing the flag of imperial Japan can be seen in the background.

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水野年方画　「海軍将校等征清の戦略対論する図」
Title: Naval Officers Discussing Strategy to be Used in the War against China
Artist: Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: September 1894
Culture: Japan
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Oban 13 7/8 x 27 3/4 in. (35.2 x 70.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Object Number: JP3260
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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