The Seven-man Suicide Squad of Marines, an Advance Guard of Our Navy, Land on the Shore near Weihaiwei (Ikaiei fukin ni oite waga kaigun rikusentai kesshitai shichi-yûshi senpô jôriku no zu)

「於威海衛附近我海軍陸戰隊決死隊七勇士先鋒上陸之圖」

Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28), March

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 71.3 cm (14 x 28 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.438a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Swinton, Asian Art, 1993, fig. 5; Swinton, In Battle's Light (Worcester, 1991), #44; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #62

Signed Ôju Toshikata e
応需年方絵

Marks Artist's seal: Toshikata

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.