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Defeated Russian Soldiers at Jiuliancheng and Russian Soldiers at Tosanjo Fought Among Themselves (Kyûrenjô no haihei Tôsanjô no rohei to dôshi utsu o nasu) by Kobayashi Kiyochika — Japanese Woodblock print

Defeated Russian Soldiers at Jiuliancheng and Russian Soldiers at Tosanjo Fought Among Themselves (Kyûrenjô no haihei Tôsanjô no rohei to dôshi utsu o nasu)

by Kobayashi Kiyochika

Medium:
Woodblock print
Image courtesy of
Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Description

This triptych or multi-panel nishiki-e depicts events from the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) or the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), showing defeated Russian forces at Jiuliancheng alongside conflict at Tosanjo. Kiyochika was one of the principal artists producing war reportage prints (senso-e) during both conflicts, documenting Japanese military engagements for a domestic audience hungry for news of campaigns fought on the continent. The composition likely uses dramatic contrasts of action and defeat, with fallen soldiers and chaotic battlefield scenes characteristic of the genre. These prints combined factual reportage with nationalist celebration, rendered in the polychrome nishiki-e technique with bold figural compositions in horizontal or vertical formats.

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Defeated Russian Soldiers at Jiuliancheng and Russian Soldiers at Tosanjo Fought Among Themselves (Kyûrenjô no haihei Tôsanjô no rohei to dôshi utsu o nasu) was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).