Long Live the Great Japanese Empire! A Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Songhwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai, Seikan shugeki waga gun taisho no zu)

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Long Live the Great Japanese Empire! A Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Songhwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai, Seikan shugeki waga gun taisho no zu), 1894. Color woodblock print; oban triptych.

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Color woodblock print; oban triptych · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Long Live the Great Japanese Empire! A Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Songhwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai, Seikan shugeki waga gun taisho no zu)
Artist: Mizuno Toshikata Japanese, 1866-1908
Date: 1894
Medium: Color woodblock print; oban triptych
Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1866–1908

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

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Long Live the Great Japanese Empire! A Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Songhwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai, Seikan shugeki waga gun taisho no zu)

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