Picture of Army General Nozu Commanding the Attack on Haicheng
- Date:
- May 1896
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.2 × 24.8 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
General Nozu Michitsura — commander of the First Army's Fourth Division in the First Sino-Japanese War — is shown commanding the assault on Haicheng in Manchuria in this May 1896 commemorative print. Haicheng fell to Japanese forces in January 1895 after Nozu's troops broke through Qing defensive positions. The post-war portrait of a field commander on his decisive battlefield was a genre Kiyochika contributed to through the mid-1890s as the military remembered its victories.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Picture of Army General Nozu Commanding the Attack on Haicheng was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in May 1896.
Picture of Army General Nozu Commanding the Attack on Haicheng depicts landscapes, figures, and warriors.
Picture of Army General Nozu Commanding the Attack on Haicheng measures 36.2 × 24.8 cm (Oban format).