Captain Higuchi, in the Midst of the Attack, Personally Holds a Lost Chinese Child (Higuchi taii shingeki no toji mizukara Seishi no ishi o hôji suru no zu)

「樋口大尉進撃之途次自抱持清民遺兒之圖」

Ogata Gekkô (Japanese, 1859–1920)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.8 × 76.2 cm (14 7/8 × 30 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.183a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #293; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), p. 115

DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.1546-8, 2000.183a-c, 2000.184a-c

Signed Gekkô
月耕

Marks Unidentified collector's seal (?) on back: origami crane

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