Morning sun (Asa no hi, 朝の日).

A kuchie from the "The sunrise island" (Hi no dejima) series compiled by the novelist Murai Gensai.
It has been used as frontispiece for the 11th book (actually including the twelfth and the thirteenth volume) of the series.
A Japanese soldier from the first Sino-Japanese war in his infantry uniform and holding the sword, turning his back to a Chinese girl, who sits on the ground. She may be the enemy, but she is even an innocent victim of the conflict and, as another soldier`s hat scattered on the ground testify, he stand for her.