Artist: Matsuno Yonehide (Yonejirō, active 1904)
Title: Japanese Forces Occupying Yizhou, Russian Soldiers Fleeing to the North Bank of the Yalu River
by Yonehide, 1904
Date: April 1904
Edition: Likely Early Ed. triptych, sheets approximately 14.5 x 9.5 each
Sig./Seal: Yonehide seal reads 'ōju Yonehide e', Publisher: Matsuno Yonejirō seals in left print
Condition: Vivid colors, paper clip marks under Ivory mat, partially trimmed margins, acid-free environs
Size: Matted SS: 17 x 33                                                                   P60518            $495.00
 
Japanese Forces Occupying Yizhou, Russian Soldiers Fleeing to the North Bank of the Yalu River
Depicting an event that occurred on April 4, 1904, Yonehide appears to have reused the blocks for a Toshihide Sino-Japanese War print. Only the left sheet has been significantly changed. Yonehide simplifies the design and changes the costume on the deceased enemy soldier in the center sheet. Even the left sheet takes its composition from the original design.  The Russo-Japanese war woodblock prints were by far more scarce than the Sino-Japanese war prints. By the early 20th century, the woodblock prints for the purpose of news reporting were largely replaced by other mass-production methods.