「日本万歳 百撰百笑」「御敗将 骨皮道人」

A companion to another sheet sharing the caption 'The Honorable Defeated General,' this print from Nippon Banzai: Hyakusen Hyakushō continues the satirical device of applying the respectful honorific 御 to a Chinese commander in humiliating defeat. Published under the pen name Honekawa Dōjin during the First Sino-Japanese War, the two sheets on this theme likely target different individuals or battles, distinguishing themselves through compositional details, the specific setting depicted, or accompanying satirical verse. The caricature convention of the series rendered defeat through visual exaggeration: oversized enemy figures cowering, stumbling, or fleeing, contrasted implicitly with the off-screen Japanese victors. Kiyochika's work on this series demonstrates his range — the same artist who produced meditative nocturnal landscapes of Meiji Tokyo also served as a sharp-edged propagandist, adapting the [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) medium to modern mass media functions.