Illustration of Captain Osawa's Seven-man Suicide Squad from the Warship Yaeyama Pushing Forward in Rongcheng Bay (Yaeyamakan norikumi Ôsawa taiira shichimei no kesshitai Eijôwan ni funshin suru zu)

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Illustration of Captain Osawa's Seven-man Suicide Squad from the Warship Yaeyama Pushing Forward in Rongcheng Bay (Yaeyamakan norikumi Ôsawa taiira shichimei no kesshitai Eijôwan ni funshin suru zu)

「八重山艦乗組大澤大尉等七名の決死隊栄榮城湾に奮進する圖」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Sasaki Toyokichi (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 71.4 cm (14 1/8 x 28 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.408a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #50, photo p. 98; Swinton, In Battle's Light (Worcester, 1991), #8; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #61; Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 80, photo p. 191

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Artist's seal: Gekkô
Seals in margin: kumiai seigen

ProvenancePrevious to 2000, purchased by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)