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Keisai

March 1895 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This propaganda triptych illustrates negotiations held in Tokyo in early 1895 between delegations representing the Chinese and Japanese. At right are Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi and the diplomat Mutsu Munemitsu, in Western military dress uniforms. Li Hongzhang and Wu Tingfang, representatives of the Qing court, and their interpreter bow to their Japanese counterparts, while two Chinese clerks look on with disdain

Artist

Keisai

Date

March 1895

Medium

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960