Gao Shanxi jun jiangshi (A notice to the soldiers of the Shanxi Army)
Title: | Gao Shanxi jun jiangshi (A notice to the soldiers of the Shanxi Army) |
Artist: | Shanxi sheng Zhaofu Weiyuanhui (The Shanxi Provincial Pacification Committee) |
Created: | c. 1938 |
Media: | Leaflet (ink on paper) |
Source: | British Museum (2006,0117,0.1-109) |
Notes: | This leaflet, addressing Chinese soldiers fighting the Japanese in Shanxi, depicts a wounded Chiang and his be-furred but forlorn looking wife fleeing westward on a camel loaded down with 'personal assets'. The camel train was a standard mode of transport in this region of China in the 1940s. |