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.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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).
