Blockhead

"Blockhead" is a December 1894 satirical print from Kiyochika's Nippon Banzai! series, targeting — as was typical of the series — Qing Chinese military commanders or diplomats during the First Sino-Japanese War. The caricature, rendered with the exaggerated features and comic staging Kiyochika deployed throughout the series, reflects the jingoistic confidence of Japanese popular culture at a moment when Japanese forces were sweeping Qing armies from Korea and Manchuria.