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20234 Click for more photos | Japan 1894-95 Sino-Japanese Ukiyo-e original woodblock print triptych, 'Our Elite Forces Capturing the Pescadores Islands in Taiwan', c1895 by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) depicting a mirror image of the battle at night with silhouettes of Japanese figures on the right & the retreating Chinese on the west (35.3x70.4cm). Very impressive design. Painter No 7 directly depicted the battle above the ground at dark but through the reflection on the water. You can identify the pigtails of the fleeing Chinese soldiers through the water reflection. A similar copy sold by Merrill's Auctioneers & Appraisers 5th May 2023, Lot 94, for US$1300 (A$1988, est US$300-600). Very scarce. The painting is also illustrated in the book 'An Era of Transformation: The Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) Ukiyo-e Prints' by Ma Meng-ching, published by National Tsing Hua University Press, Taiwan, Feb 2026. (The book is not included in this lot) | AVAILABLE at A$800 | ||
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