Advancing from Wonsan, Japanese and Chinese Troops at the Great Battle of Pyongyang (Genzan kôshin, Nisshin ryôgun, Heijô dai-gekisen no zu)

「元山行進　日清両軍　平壌大激戦之図」

Nakamura Shûkô (Japanese, active 1894)
Publisher: Sekiguchi Masajirô (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1894 (Meiji 27), September

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 × 72.3 cm (13 7/8 × 28 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.125a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 27, photo p. 135; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 70-1

DescriptionDate and publisher in left margin, cut off of this impression but visible in the impression illustrated by Chaikin.

Signed Shûkô ga

Marks Blockcarver's mark: Umezawa chôkoku
Artist's seal: Eien

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