"Li Hongzhang's Great Headache" from the series Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho, or Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs
17334D
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Title | "Li Hongzhang's Great Headache" from the series Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho, or Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs |
| Native Name | Nishiki-e |
| Object Number | 17334D |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan |
| Creator | Kobayashi Kiyochika | Matsumoto Heikichi |
| Period | Meiji |
| Date Made | 9/1894 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Paper | Ink |
| Technique | Woodblock Printed |
| Iconography | Sino-Japanese War | Li Hongzhang | Soldiers | Jesuit Priest |
| Inscription Language | Japanese Language |
| Description | Woodblock print of satiric commentary on the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5. Titled "Li Hongzhang's Great Headache", it is part of a series titled Nippon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakusho or "Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs", printed in September of 1894 by artist Kobayashi Kiyochika and publisher Matsumoto Heikichi. This single sheet print portrays a Chinese man, Li Honzhang, a provincial governor, lying in bed with tiny Japanese soldiers aiming rifles and a canon at him and setting fire to his sheets. Chinese figures holding farming tools are coming to defend him. Near his head stands a Jesuit priest. Japanese inscription at top gives title and commentary. |
| Length | 15 cm |
| Width | 38 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Florence B. Sherman, 1895 |
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