Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Chado and celebratory decorations for troop

and celebratory decorations for troop send-offs

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Vintage Japanese silk Kimono in a diamond pattern of emerald green and black

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Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Chado and celebratory decorations for troopKawabata Gyokush () (ryokk no Kaky, "Bridge Construction on the Yalu River") 1904 A quietly powerful and unusually lyrical woodblock print by Kawabata Gyokush, depicting Japanese troops crossing a pontoon bridge over the Yalu River during the Russo Japanese War of 190405. Where most war prints of the period favored dramatic combat scenes, Gyokush brings the sensibility of a trained painter to the subject: the composition is dominated by the vast, mist