Qing Chinese Snipers Aiming at Japanese Commander

A print depicting Qing Chinese snipers attempting to target Japanese commanders during the First Sino-Japanese War — a scene of military encounter rendered from the Japanese perspective of the conflict. The depiction of Chinese forces as skilled but ultimately futile in their opposition to Japanese military effectiveness served both documentary and propagandistic purposes, and Chikanobu's rendering of the specific tactical scenario — snipers versus commanding officers — would employ the visual vocabulary of warrior prints to represent this specifically modern military situation.