/internal/media/dispatcher/773219/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailIllustration of the Arrival Ceremony to Welcome the Russian Crown Prince (Rokoku kōtaishi gochaku no zu)1891 (Meiji 24), MayUtagawa Kokunimasa (Ryūa)Fukuda KumajirōVertical ōban triptych; 35.5 x 70 cm (14 x 27 9/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection2000.518a-c0The event never actually occurred, because of an assassination attempt on the Russian prince before he arrived in Tokyo.
The blocks were recycled with alterations in 1893 to show the visit of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary (whose assassination in Sarajevo two decades later, in 1914, marked the beginning of World War I); see Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 11 (1977), pp. 8-9, and Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesōshi 7 (1936), pp. 22-3.
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