A Great Victory for Great Japan: Viewing of Captured Objects (Dai Nippon daishôri, bundorihin jûran no zu)

「大日本　大勝利　分捕品縦覧之図」

Japanese

Meiji era

1894 (Meiji 27), September 18

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38 × 72.6 cm (14 15/16 × 28 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.370a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #87; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 60-1

DescriptionPublic viewing of captured Chinese military items at Yasukuni Shrine after the Battle of Seonghwan.

Signed Kokunimasa
小国政

Marks Artist's seal: cherry blossom

Inscriptions

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