Picture of the Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang
- Date:
- October 1894?
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 35.9 × 68.9 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Electricity — used for signalling and, according to some wartime reports, for illuminating night attacks — is depicted in this October 1894 nishiki-e as a weapon in the Japanese assault on Pyeongyang. The use of searchlights and electric signalling during the 1894 campaign was one of several technological novelties Kiyochika incorporated into his war imagery, reflecting the public fascination with modern warfare's technological dimension. The depiction of electrical light as a tool of military power was unprecedented in the ukiyo-e tradition.
More Prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika
More Landscapes Prints
Lake Kugushi in Wakasa Province (Wakasa Kugushiko), from the series Souvenirs of Travel I (Tabi miyage dai isshu)"
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Autumn Maple Leaves at Takao, from the album Eight Views of Kyoto (Kyôto hakkei)
Woodblock print
The Beach at Kaiganji in Sanuki Province (Sanuki Kaiganji no hama), from the series "Collection of Views of Japan II, Kansai Edition (Nihon fukei shu II Kansai hen)"
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
Tea Kettle, section of a sheet from the series "Mirror of Stone Rubbings of Views of the Provinces" (Kohon meihitsu ishizuri kagami)
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Picture of the Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang was created by Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親) in October 1894?.
Picture of the Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang depicts landscapes, night scenes, and warriors.
Picture of the Use of Electricity during the Attack on Pyeongyang measures 35.9 × 68.9 cm (Oban format).