About This Print

Nobukazu pictures the troops celebrating after a victory at Asan¹, Korea with sake served from barrels labeled 日本一 nipponichi ("Japan's best" or "number one in Japan.")  The small red cartouche in the center panel reads 寄贈品 kizōhin ("gift"), possibly a gift from the emperor.  The small red cartouche in the lower right hand corner sits above captured Chinese weapons and may read 分捕物 ("loot" or "plunder").  The artist did a similar design (see below) for a different publisher in the same year, 1894.

¹ known as Gazan in Japanese

center panel cartouche reading "gift" 寄贈品

right panel cartouche (lower right) possible reading "loot" or "plunder" 分捕物

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A similar print by the artist, dated 1894
日本帝国陸軍牙山全勝凱旋之図

Print Details

IHL Catalog	#459
Title/Description	Gossip from the Sino-Japanese War (Sino-Japanese War break in the fighting after victory at Asan)  Nisshin sensō yobun 日清戦争余聞
Artist	Watanabe Nobukazu (1872-1944)
Signature	Yosai Nobukazu ga
Seal	not sealed
Publication Date	August 1894
Publisher	横山良八 Yokoyama Ryōhachi
Impression	good
Colors	excellent
Condition	fair - right and center sheets joined, moderate wrinkling throughout, minor red ink offsetting, trimmed to image
Genre	ukiyo-e; senso-e
Miscellaneous
Format	vertical oban triptych
H x W Paper	13 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (35.2 x 23.5 cm) each sheet
Literature
Collections This Print	The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University 201-3601, 201-3602, 201-3603; British Library shelfmark: 16126.d.2(74)