Description
二軍に分かれて楽しそうに水合戦をするこどもたち。実は旧幕府（右）と新政府（左）の戦いをこどもの喧嘩として描いた風刺画である。傘を楯にする徳川慶喜や、旗に菊紋を入れ、強力な武器を持った新政府側など、当時の政情を巧みに伝える。
Data source
ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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Aggregator
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
June 22, 2026