Our Scout Reconnoiters the Enemy Camp Near the Yalu River
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art of Japan
Typical Price
- Exceptional or scarce Kiyochika subject in fine condition: $1,000–$5,000
- Good condition print: $300–$1,000
- Standard impression: $150–$500
Description
Japanese scouts reconnoitre Qing positions near the Yalu River in this undated print, likely a related or variant version of the October 1894 dated nishiki-e on the same subject. The scouts move through autumn landscape toward the river crossing that would mark Japan's expansion of the war from Korea into Manchuria — the Yalu being both a geographical boundary and a political threshold. Kiyochika's intelligence-gathering compositions brought a quieter, more cinematic tension to the war imagery than his full-scale battle triptychs.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Our Scout Reconnoiters the Enemy Camp Near the Yalu River was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親).
Our Scout Reconnoiters the Enemy Camp Near the Yalu River depicts landscapes and rivers & lakes.