Kiyochika: Japanese Shooting gallery (Sold)

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

“American editor is greatly surprised at Japanese sharp-shooter as he hits Kuilencheng [sic], Hoojo, Kiuchow, Motienuig, Haicheng and next Liaoyang.” A stockingfooted seated Russian editor and his wife watch a Japanese soldier take aim at structure after structure in a shooting gallery, presumably cities that have been taken in the Russo-Japanese war.

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

SKU: KYC344