Japanese and French armies fighting the Black Flags cartoon

Date: 1883 Reference: MFQ 1/403 Creator: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of various departments held at the Public Record Office, Kew Catalogue context: 1 item (originally enclosed in Governor Bowen's despatch, 31 December 1883) extracted from CO 129/213 . Tonkin (now part of Vietnam). Cartoon purporting to show Japanese and French armies fighting against the 'Black Flags'. Sale of the cartoon on the streets of Hong Kong had provoked a complaint from the Japanese Consul in Hong Kong. It is unclear whether Tonkin refers to the city (now Hanoi) or the region of that name. Categories: Maps and plans; Overseas Subjects: Archives and libraries; Asia; Maps and plans Topics: International trade and affairs; Land and buildings Period: Victorians Places: France; Japan Copyright information: Copyright clearance for publication is not required, except in the case of documents in third-party copyright. Usage terms: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/use-of-tna-materials.pdf