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The Merciful Major Saitô Coaxes a Captured Soldier to Tell Enemy Secrets (Saitô shôsa no on'ai toraeta horyo ni gunnai no jitsu o hakasu zu)


「斎藤少佐之恩愛促捕虜軍内實吐圖」
Taguchi Beisaku (Japanese, 1864–1903)
Publisher: Tsunajima Kamekichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1894 (Meiji 27)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.4 × 71.3 cm (13 15/16 × 28 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.98a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #47; Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 50, photo p. 160; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 120-1
Signed Beisaku
米作
Marks Artist's seal: Taguchi Beisaku
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.