Baido Kokunimasa, 'The Sino-Japanese Battle of Kurenjo'
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71cm 28"
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36cm 14 1/4"
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This is a scene from the battle at Kurenjo, a town along the Yalu River in present Ryonei-sho of China, in the begging of the Russo-Japanese War. Japanese Army in the left and Chinese Army in the right. The soldiers are lining, forming a complicated perspective connecting to the background having a mountain and town in the darkness. The troop is surrounded by something like dust or smoke of gunfire, that further enhances the chaos.
Triptych connected and pasted on paperboard. Good color, slightly foxed.
Baido Kokunimasa was the oldest son of Utagawa Kunisada III (= Kunimasa IV). After learning from his father, Kokunimasa bacame a student of Iijima Koga. between 1887 and 1911 he executed many ukiyo-e prints of Kabuki/Shingeki plays as well as manners and wars of Japanese-Sino/-Russo.
Item #108511404
