Artist: Kobayashi Kiyochika (小林清親, 1847–1915) Title: Tiger Flag in a Grove Series: Shakai Gentō — Hyakusen Hyakushō (社會幻燈 百撰百笑) — "Society Magic Lantern: One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs," Kiyochika's First Sino-Japanese War satire series Technique: Woodblock print (nishiki-e); satirical caricature (fūshiga / giga) with comic text Date: Meiji 28 (1895) Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (松木平吉) Format: Ōban tate-e, approx. 36 × 24 cm Condition: A well-registered impression with colours fairly preserved — Some moderate toning consistent with age. ----------------------------------------------- About the series Hyakusen Hyakushō ("One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs") is Kiyochika's celebrated series of single-sheet comic prints lampooning the Qing enemy during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), with biting captions by Koppi Dōjin and publication by Matsuki Heikichi. The title is a pun: 百撰百笑 echoes 百戦百勝, "a hundred battles, a hundred victories." The prints appeared under two related banners — the well-known Nihon Banzai ("Long Live Japan") and, as here, Shakai Gentō ("Society Magic Lantern") — the latter used for the later sheets on the 1895 Taiwan campaign. Together they are among the most sought-after examples of Meiji satirical printmaking.