Our Forces Occupying Liugong Island (Waga gun Ryûkôtô o senryô suru no zu)

「我軍占領劉公島之圖」

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28), March

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 71.5 cm (14 1/16 x 28 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.251a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 91, photo p. 202; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 26-7

DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.251a-c, RES.23.276-8, RES.23.320-2, RES.23.323-5

Signed Kiyochika
清親

Marks Artist's seal: Kiyochika

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