Jun 06, 2019 - Sale 2512

Sale 2512 - Lot 189

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.) Ryojun Hoi Kogeki Zu (Map and View of Attack on Ryojun). Hand-colored lithographed perspective map. 15 1/2x21 1/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; folded in quadrants, excellent condition. Japan, circa 1904

Additional Details

Fine map of the Japanese and Russian army and naval positionings at Port Arthur, a critical victory for the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905. A portrait assumed to be General Nogi Maresuke appears in the upper left.

together with: An issue of Japanese satirical and political magazine Nipponchi from 1906 (Meiji 39). Color and monotone manga cartoon illustrations; fine condition.