Kiyochika: Sleeping Warships

Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika
Title: Sleeping Warships
Series: Long Live Japan: One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs (Nihon banzai Hyakusen hyakushô)
Date: 1904

Rokan no heikô. Two Russian men with battleships for bodies are dismayed to discover that the warships they have been sent to fetch are still sleeping. They wear socks and have cast aside their (Japanese) sleeping pillows. 

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition. Mint.
Dimensions: ôban
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi
Signature: Kiyochika  Literature: See Henry Smith’s book, pages 112-113

SKU: KYC408