/internal/media/dispatcher/743600/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTwenty-six Shots from Tingyuen Turned Our Central Ammunition Room into a Scene of Carnage, illustration for the unpublished book Conditions aboard the Battleship Matsushima During the Battle of the Yellow Sea (Kôkai kaisen ni okeru Matsushima kannai no jôkyô)1896 (Meiji 29)Kobayashi TeikōKimura KōkichiMatsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya)Uchida Rōkakuho33 x 45.7 cm (13 x 18 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperJean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection2000.3330The book by the author and naval officer Kimura Kōkichi (1861-1940), with 18 illustrations by Kobayashi Teikō, was scheduled to be published in February 1896 but was suppressed because of the realism of the text and the illustrations--the cruel aspects of the war were not considered appropriate for public consumption.
The MFA has 4 of the unbound illustrations, 2000.330 to 2000.333.Prints33.000000000015563101