AGE: 131 years old. MEDIUM: WOODBLOCK PRINT (INK ON PAPER) NISHIKI-E. SIZE: OBAN (APPROX 13.5 X 9.5 INCHES) or 33cm by 24cm approximately. This mage is a woodblock print titled A Shock for Chanchan from the series Long Live Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs. It was created by Japanese artist Kobayashi Kiyochika in 1895 during the First Sino-Japanese War. The scene is a political satire depicting a Chinese man kneeling beside a woman who is crying a literal pool of tears. The series title is a pun on the expression “One Hundred Battles, One Hundred Victories, ” instead meaning “One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs”. (Nihon): Japan. (Hyakusen hyakusho): One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs. (Kiyochika): Kiyochika (Artist’s name). (Imasha): Publisher name. This image is a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print titled “Tears of the Peking Girl” (Pekin jo no rakurui). It was created in 1894 by the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (writing under the pseudonym Koppi Dojin). The print is part of a series titled Nihon banzai: Hyakusen hyakusho literally Long Live Japan! One Hundred Victories, One Hundred Laughs. Subject Matter: The series featured satirical and often racist parodies of Chinese people to celebrate Japanese military successes. Depiction: This specific print shows a Chinese man kneeling and speaking to a woman who is crying so profusely that her tears have formed a large pool at her feet. Text: The upper portion of the print contains a humorous commentary filled with wordplay and puns related to the war.