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Burden of Fengtianfu by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper, December 1894

Burden of Fengtianfu

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Meiji/Taishō Prints
FiguresWarriors
Date:
December 1894
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Format:
Oban
Dimensions:
37.8 × 24.9 cm

Description

"Burden of Fengtianfu" is a December 1894 satirical print from Kiyochika's Nippon Banzai! series, with Fengtianfu (modern Shenyang / Mukden) — the symbolic heart of Manchuria — serving as the subject of comic commentary on Qing China's strategic collapse. Japanese forces had by this point swept across southern Manchuria, and Kiyochika's satire reflects the triumphalist mood of Meiji popular culture in the war's final months.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Burden of Fengtianfu was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in December 1894.

Burden of Fengtianfu depicts figures and warriors.

Burden of Fengtianfu measures 37.8 × 24.9 cm (Oban format).