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日露駆逐艦大激戦之図 「老鐡山」
Battle of Mount Laotie (Rôtetsuzan), from Illustration of the Great Battle of Japanese and Russian Destroyers (Nichiro kuchikukan daigekisen no zu)
日露駆逐艦大激戦之図 「老鐡山」
Yasuda Hanpo (Japanese, 1889–1947)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 69.9 cm (14 x 27 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.463a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #96 (complete hexaptych); Swinton, In Battle's Light (Worcester, 1991), #71 (left only)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.72a-f (complete hexaptych), 2000.463a-c (left triptych only)
The hexaptych shows two battles that both took place on March 10, 1904, one at Port Arthur (right half) and an earlier one at Mount Laotie (Ch. Laotieshan, J. Rôtetsuzan, left half). Names of the Japanese and Russian ships that participated in each battle are given in the horizontal cartouches. The overall title, in Japanese and English, is at the top of the rightmost sheet. Publication information is in the leftmost margin, cut off of this impression.
The hexaptych shows two battles that both took place on March 10, 1904, one at Port Arthur (right half) and an earlier one at Mount Laotie (Ch. Laotieshan, J. Rôtetsuzan, left half). Names of the Japanese and Russian ships that participated in each battle are given in the horizontal cartouches. The overall title, in Japanese and English, is at the top of the rightmost sheet. Publication information is in the leftmost margin, cut off of this impression.
Signed
Hanpo (on rightmost sheet only)
（半哺）
（半哺）
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.