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Defying a Shower of Bullets, He, Alone, Opened Hyonmu Gate (Dan'u o okashite tanshin Genbumon o hiraku)


「冐彈雨單身開玄武門」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1894 (Meiji 27), November

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 71.8 cm (14 x 28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.412a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #28, photo p. 74; Swinton, In Battle's Light (Worcester, 1991), #13; Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), #95; Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 39, photo p. 147
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.412a-c, RES.23.332-4, RES.27.200a-c
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Artist's seals: Kiyo, chika
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.