Feb 07, 2002 - Sale 1924

Sale 1924 - Lot 54

Price Realized: $ 6,210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE SIBERIAN WAR. Group of 17 posters.
Sizes vary, each approximately15 1/8x21 3/8 inches. Shobido & Co., Tokyo.
Condition varies, generally A-: each with an ink stamp and inventory number.
A fascinating series of Japanese propaganda images from the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, in the form of full-color lithographs depicting almost every aspect of the road to Japanese victory; planes flying over Siberian cities, trains being attacked and carrying troops into battle, cavalry charges, naval skirmishes and battles, infantry battles and artillery attacks.