The First Sino-Japanese War: The Naval Battle at the Mouth of the Yalu River, Which Occurred in the Morning of September 17, 1894
August 1966

Nisshin Senso: Meiji Niju Shichinen Kugatsu Jushichinichi Asa Kokai Kaisen
[The First Sino-Japanese War: The Naval Battle at the Mouth of the Yalu River, Which Occurred in the Morning of September 17, 1894]
38.1 x 54.0 cm Painting in Watercolors and Ink

The following is a war song called "Yukan-naru Suihei (A Brave Seaman)'' written by the late Nobutsuna Sasaki:

Kemuri mo miezu kumo mo naku,
kaze mo okorazu nami tatazu.
Kagami no gotoki Kokai wa
kumori sometaru toki no ma ni. (Churyaku)
Fuku-kancho no sugiyuku o
kasumu manako ni mitomeken.
Koe o kagiri ni kare wa tou,
"Mada shizuma zu ya Teien wa?"

There was no smoke and not a cloud to be seen,
and there was no blowing of the wind and no waves upon the sea.
The water of the Yellow Sea was as calm as glass,
when it began to get cloudy. (Lyrics partly omitted)
He might have noticed the vice-commander passing him by,
though his eyesight was dim from his deadly wound.
He asked the vice-commander, shouting at the top of his lungs,
"Is the Dingyuan [Chinese battleship] still afloat upon the sea?"

This picture shows the seamen in the above song, Seaman Recruit Torajiro Miura from Saga Prefecture and Vice Commander Major Mukoyama, on the deck of the Cruiser Matsushima.
The commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy was Vice-Admiral Sukeyuki Ito, and their flagship was the Matsushima (4,278 t). The other warships which participated in this battle were the Itsukushima, Hashidate, Chiyoda, Hiei, Fuso, Takachiho, Naniwa, Akitsushima, Saikyo Maru and Akagi.
The admiral of the Imperial Qing Navy was Ding Ruchang, and their flagship was the Dingyuan (7,314 t). The other warships which participated in this battle were the Yinyuan, Laiyuan, Pingyuan, Guangjia, Chaoyung, Jingyuan, Zhiyuan, Zhiyung, Yangwei, Weiyuan, Chingyuan, and Suiyuan.


Translation Assisted by Mr. Nathan Johndro

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