Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Chado Made of metal

Made of metal

with a softly rounded lid and body typical of classic natsume used for thin tea (usucha)

corner reinforcements

righteousness

While the insert references Raku

Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Chado Made of metalKawabata Gyokush () (ryokk no Kaky, "Bridge Construction on the Yalu River") 1904 A quietly powerful and unusually lyrical woodblock print by Kawabata Gyokush, depicting Japanese troops crossing a pontoon bridge over the Yalu River during the Russo Japanese War of 190405. Where most war prints of the period favored dramatic combat scenes, Gyokush brings the sensibility of a trained painter to the subject: the composition is dominated by the vast, mist