Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Chado with a softly rounded lid

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

While the insert references Raku

Made of metal

Markings:  東勝弘 = Katsuhiro Higashi  特撰 = Special Selection

and celebratory decorations for troop send-offs

Gyokusho Original Woodblock Print Yalu River Pontoon Bridge Russo Japanese War 1904 LS#204 Chado with a softly rounded lidKawabata 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