Antique Print-JAPANESE-BATTLE-INFANTRY CHARGE-Nobukazu-1894

2 Antique prints, untitled. Japanese print showing a battle scene, an infantry charge. The scene depicted takes place during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895).

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Coloured woodblock print on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 49 x 48 cm (19.29 x 18.9 inch). Image size: 47.5 x 36 cm. (18.7 x 14.17 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JAPANESE-BATTLE-INFANTRY CHARGE | DP-A2-001-06

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source unknown, to be determined. Two panels of a tripytch. Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Watanabe Nobukazu’ after own design. .

Biography engraver: Watanabe Nobukazu (c.1872-1944) was a Japanese artist active at the end of the Ukiyo-E period. In the struggle to keep their style alive, artists like Nobukazu chose new subjects, such as the Sino-Japanese war.