Enomoto Matsunosuke (sold) (榎本松之助)
Enomoto Matsunosuke (榎本松之助; fl. c. 1897 - 1929) was a printer and publisher who had locations in Osaka and Tokyo that produced maps, children's books, and manga, as well as books on education history, Japan's foreign relations, and military affairs.
AKA: 榎本松之助
Previously unknown Japanese serio-comic map.
外交的滑稽露蜘蛛退治の圖 / [Image of the Diplomatic Hilarity of Exterminating the Spider].
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This is a 1904 serio-comic tour de force, with vivid colors and rich symbolism, made by Enomoto Matsunosuke, satirizing the geopolitics of the day in the opening phase of the Russo-Japanese War. While cheering on Japan in the conflict, Enomoto is also having a laugh at the alliances and efforts required to exterminate the 'spider' of Tsarist Russia. This comic was part of an outpouring of popular patriotic images, poetry, songs, and other cultural production in Japan after the start of the war. Enomoto was prescient in his portrayal of the Russian Empire as tottering, beset by domestic unrest and surrounded by unfriendly powers. (more details)