Watanabe Nobukazu
Renowned for Meiji-era war prints
Tokyo print designer and painter. Considered the best student of Yōshū Chikanobu (1838-1912), who worked in a variety of genres from pictures of beautiful women (biinga) to famous views of modernizing Tokyo (kaika-e), including depictions of domestic industrial exhibitions, depictions of the emperor and empress, and Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese War prints (senso-e). He is perhaps best known for his war prints. During the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), Nobukazu did a considerable number of outstanding triptychs and made his reputation designing battle scenes on land and sea. He also produced lithographs.
Artworks by this artist (21 total)
- Tigers Attacking Chinese Soldiers during the Battle of Pyeongyang 1894
- Banquet inside the Korean Royal Palace 1894
- Pictures of the Russo-Japanese Conflict; Number Four; Second Attack on Port Arthur at 3;00 a.m. on February 13 during a Snowstorm 1904
- Lighthouse at the Entrance to Port Arthur 1894
- Attack and Capture of Gaiping 1894
- Occupation of the Fort at Weihaiwei 1895
- Great Fierce Battle at Jiuliancheng 1904
- Celebratory Sake Served to Mark the Triumphal Entrance into Port Arthur 1894
- Advance and Attack in the Vicinity of Dagu 1894
- Fierce Battle in the Vicinity of Tianjin 1900
- Gossip about the Sino-Japanese War 1894
- Great Victory of Japan; Defeat of Qing Soldiers at the Battle of Pyeongyang 1894
- Great Victory of Japan; Destroying Chinese Forces during the Battle of Seonghwan 1894
- The Regent Paying an Official Visit to the Korean Royal Court 1894
- A Record of Future Events in the Sino-Japanese War The Fall of Beijing and the Surrender of Chinese Generals 1895
- Triumphal Return of the Imperial Japanese Army from a Complete Victory at Asan 1894
- Advancing from Liziyuan to Attack Jiuliancheng 1894
- Our Army Occupying Enemy Positions during the Fierce Fighting at Beicang; The Allied Contingent 1900
- Meeting at the General Staff Headquarters 1894
- Great War between Japan and China; Our Forces Occupy Fenghuangcheng in a Great Victory 1894