Shugogun Pekin hokyo Nichigun Choyu-mon senryo no zu

This large-format war print by Kajita Hanko (1870–1917) commemorates the capture of Chaoyang Gate (朝陽門) in Beijing during the multinational relief of the Boxer Uprising in 1900. The title translates approximately as "Allied forces defending Beijing, Japanese troops occupying Chaoyang Gate." Hanko was among the prominent Meiji-era artists who documented Japan's military campaigns in the genre of senso-e, combining Western-influenced shading and perspective with woodblock printing conventions inherited from the [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) tradition. The composition likely shows Japanese infantry advancing through or beneath the monumental gate structure, rendered with architectural specificity against a dramatically lit sky. Senso-e of this period frequently adopted panoramic horizontal formats and vanishing-point perspective to convey the scale of modern industrial warfare in a way earlier warrior prints could not. The print served simultaneously as illustrated news reportage and patriotic commemoration for a domestic Japanese audience following the campaign, and reflects the broader transformation of popular print culture during the Meiji period.