Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

Negotiations after the Sino-Japanese War

Fuenken Tsuneshige

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This propaganda triptych illustrates negotiations held in Tokyo in early 1895 between delegations representing the Chinese and Japanese. At right are Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi and the diplomat Mutsu Munemitsu, in Western military dress uniforms. Li Hongzhang and Wu Tingfang, representatives of the Qing court, and their interpreter bow to their Japanese counterparts, while two Chinese clerks look on with disdain

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.