Two Prints of 'Nihon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakushō': A transcription and English interpretation of two war-time cartoons

A transcription and annotated English translation of two works from the Nihon Banzai Hyakusen Hyakushō 日本万歳百選百笑 (Long Live Japan! Hundred Selections, Hundred Laughs) series, drawn by Kobayashi Kiyochika and written by Koppi Dōjin during Japan first modern wars. The two prints include: “Shin kyōgen no kōjō 清狂言の降状” (The Comical Qing Play of a Defeat/surrender) and “Kyōhei no senninriki 強兵の戦任力” (The strength of a thousand men, as asserted by battle, of a strong army).