Naval Officers Discussing Strategy to be Used in the War against China

Mizuno Toshikata

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Propagandistic images from the frontlines of the brief Sino-Japanese War, fought against China from late summer 1894 to the following spring over control of the Korean Peninsula, helped feed nationalism back home. In this print published early in the war, naval officers gather around a table strewn with maps of northeast Asia. A battleship bearing the flag of imperial Japan can be seen in the background.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.

Metropolitan Museum of Art