Nihon shin no ryō daijin oite Hokukin ōsetsu no zu
「日清両大臣於北京応接之図」
Publisher:
Yamaguchiya Tōbei 山口屋藤兵衛
1874
Signature
花の原房勝
Kanogen(?) Fusakatsu
Censor Seal
戌十一ヵ
Dog 11?
Labeled Figures/Features
| 「書記宦」 | a diplomatic attaché (the pair are possibly Charles Le Gendre and John Pitman?) |
| 「大日本辨理大臣・大久保利通卿」 | Ōkubo Toshimichi, Home Lord (Ōkubo's position, sometime also referred to as "Interior Minister", made him the effective ruler of Japan) |
| 「英國公使」 | a British diplomat (Thomas Wade?) |
| 「譯宦」 | a translator |
| 「大清大臣・李鴻章」 | Li Hongzhang, Viceroy of Zhili |
| 「書記宦」 | a diplomatic attaché |
Commentary
An imagined diplomatic meeting between Ōkubo Toshimichi and Li Hongzhang during the crisis triggered by the Taiwan Expedition — for more information, see Mizuno Norihito 水野智仁, "Qing China's Reaction to the 1874 Japanese Expedition to the Taiwanese Aboriginal Territories" Sino-Japanese Studies 16 (2009), article 8.
Dimensions
Three vertical ōban sheets;
24.4 × 35.1 cm
(9.6 × 13.8 in)
25.5 × 35.2 cm
(10 × 13.9 in)
25.2 × 35.1 cm
(9.9 × 13.8 in)
Other Impressions
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