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It was said the Chinese were so easily frightened that toy soldiers could make them scream.

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Document identity
localId
12734
label
Nihon banzai: Hyakusen hyakusho
core
obj
dtoType
print
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
12734
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Nihon banzai: Hyakusen hyakusho
description
It was said the Chinese were so easily frightened that toy soldiers could make them scream.
provenance
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Snell, Jr. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by gift.
date
1894 (Meiji)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37.5
height
25.1
dimensionsRaw
14 3/4 x 9 7/8 in. (37.47 x 25.08 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Kiyochika
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14996
4270
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
0807794a0bbec4eb