Fierce Battle at the Red Cliff

A multicolor woodblock print shows large warships with rows of sails and banners engaged on rough water, with flames and fleeing boats in the upper left. In the lower right, crowded officers and soldiers in colored armor gather on a raised deck, while waves and hills fill the composition.

Look closer: Small calligraphic title inscription in black ink at the top left, written in vertical columns.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1736–95

Medium

Hanging scroll; multicolor woodblock print on paper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

1752 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund