Picture of Major General Tatsumi Comfortably Sleeping with the Powerful Enemy before His Eyes

The 1895 print of Major General Tatsumi sleeping comfortably with the enemy before his eyes encapsulates a specific type of military narrative: the commander whose composure under pressure was so absolute that he could sleep while danger was near. The image of the general resting while his troops maintained vigilance was both a strategic boast—the enemy posed no threat great enough to disturb his sleep—and a visual argument for Japanese military confidence in the face of opposition.