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Woodcut of a startled man in bed with an ice pack as Japanese soldiers and a cannon advance across the sheets.

Sino-Japanese War, 1894-1895: the Chinese ambassador (?) as a patient in bed, being treated with an icepack on his head, has a nightmare of the advance of the Japanese army. Coloured woodcut, 1895.

A colour woodcut shows a man in a bed with an ice pack on his head, mouth open in alarm, as a dreamlike procession of Japanese soldiers with a cannon advances across the sheets. Below, uniformed officers with swords and figures in blue garments move across a dark floor beside a table holding a bottle and a glass.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1895
Medium
Woodcuts Caricatures Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2741 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1895.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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