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The Army Advancing on the Ice to Attack Weihaiwei (Ikaiei kôgeki hyôjo no shingun)


「威海衛攻撃氷上之進軍」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Matsunaga Sakujirô (Shôgetsudô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
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 Number2000.417a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #53, photo p. 101; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #65; Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #268; Yoshida, Kiyochika (1964), #136
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
Artist's seal: Kiyochika
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)