Russo-Japanese War by Kobayashi,Kiyochika Postcard

One thousand armed Russian Bodhisattva of mercy of the Russo-Japanese War By Kobayashi, Kiyochika. Rokoku no senji kannon Print shows a Japanese soldier with rifle fixed with bayonet smashing Russian railroads and battleships in front of the one thousand-armed Russian Bodhisattva of mercy holding in its many arms battleships and money bags, which are destroyed by the Japanese soldier as quickly as they are added to the Russian war effort. Kiyochika was born into a family of lower military rank serving the ruling Shogunate of the Tokugawa family. Later from about 1875 on, he tried his luck as a self-taught painter.After 1880 Kiyochika's style became more traditional. He also turned to satirical cartoons and illustrations for newspapers and magazines. During the Sino-Japanese war the artist made about 80 war prints.