"Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver" from the series Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho, or Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs
29-96-683
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Title | "Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver" from the series Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho, or Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs |
| Native Name | Nishiki-e |
| Object Number | 29-96-683 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Creator | Kobayashi Kiyochika | Honekawa Dojin | Nihonbashi |
| Period | Meiji |
| Date Made | 1895 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper |
| Technique | Woodblock Printed |
| Iconography | Soldiers |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | Woodblock print of satiric commentary on the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. Titled "Making Chinese Soldiers Shiver", it is part of a series titled Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho or "Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs", printed in February of 1895 by artist Kobayashi Kiyochika and publisher Matsumoto Heikichi. Japanese soldiers have created a snowman in the shape of a Japanese General which is causing the Chinese soldiers to shiver in fear. |
| Height | 36.5 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 44 - Other Number |
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