Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

March 1895

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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

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不厭倦経茂画「媾和談判之圖」
Title: Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War
Artist: Fuenken Tsuneshige (Japanese, active 1894–1904)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: March 1895
Culture: Japan
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 28 3/8 in. (36.2 x 72.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1960
Object Number: JP3379
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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