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20412 Click to enlarge photo | Japan 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War: Comic Manga of political satiric cartoon, woodblock print. The Anti-Qing (China) Tampering Game, Hurrah for Japan, 100 Victories, 100 Laughs Series, 1895 by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915). It depicts the naval battle in Weihaiwei where the Chinese Navy suffered the final defeat in a form of children's tampering game. A typical example of the almost reflexive dehumanisation of the enemy found in many of war game. It shows the Chinese warship have legs & panically fleeing or sinking, while rag doll-like Chinese soldiers drown with their pigtail floating. The series is one of Kiyochika's most unusual works & acted as wartime propaganda to foster patriotism & encourage support for the war demonstrating Japan's superiority & might over its Chinese enemies. Kiyochika's satiric depictions poked fun at the Chinese & flaunted the new modernisation of Meiji era Japan as superior to the old ways of China. Ironically these images often paralleled the anti-oriental cartoons that Westerners were producing at the same time (approx 36.5x25.5cm). Paper shows some aging, overall GC. | AVAILABLE at A$100 | ||
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