Use of Electricity during the Siege of Pyongyang
Kobayashi Kiyochika Japanese
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Kobayashi Kiyochika designed numerous propagandistic prints during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95 and, a decade later, the Russo-Japanese War. This work celebrates achievements in military technology. Japanese soldiers use electric search lights to illuminate their firing target—Chinese troops in Pyongyang, in northern Korea, which is shown ablaze in the background.
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