[Miss Jiuliancheng and the Russian soldier (Kyûrenjô no heiki)]

This sensō-e print takes its title from Jiuliancheng (九連城), a fortified Manchurian town that fell to Japanese forces in May 1904 during the early stage of the land campaign. The pairing of a personified female figure — "Miss Jiuliancheng" functioning as a geographic or allegorical stand-in — with a Russian soldier was a common device in Meiji-era war prints to dramatize territorial conquest or military defeat. Kiyochika's rendering likely shows the Russian soldier in a compromised or defeated posture relative to the allegorical figure. The subtitle reads kyūrenjō no heiki, translating roughly as "the weapons at Jiuliancheng," suggesting a focus on materiel captured or destroyed during the engagement.