Caption:
[ 1890s Japan - First Sino-Japanese War (18941895) ] Civilian porters with the Japanese Imperial Army in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War (18941895). Published in the French illustrated weekly Le Monde Illustré in 1894 (Meiji 27). Art by French artist Georges Ferdinand Bigot (1860-1927), famous for his satirical cartoons of life in Meiji period Japan. 19th century vintage newspaper illustration.