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「我兵旅順口黄金山砲壘占領」
Our Troops Occupy the Fortress at Huangjinshan in the Battle of Lüshunkou [=the Battle of Port Arthur] (Wagahei Ryojunkô Ôgonzan hôrui senryô)
「我兵旅順口黄金山砲壘占領」
Ozaki Toshitane (Japanese, active about 1882–1897)
Japanese
Meiji era
1894 (Meiji 27)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 69.4 cm (14 x 27 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.108a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 2 (1982), #362; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 138-9
DescriptionPublication information in left margin, cut off of this impression (and only partly visible in the photo in Genshoku 2).
The event now known as the Battle of Lüshunkou took place on November 21, 1894. In modern usage, the "Battle of Port Arthur" usually refers to another battle ten years later, during the Russo-Japanese War.
The event now known as the Battle of Lüshunkou took place on November 21, 1894. In modern usage, the "Battle of Port Arthur" usually refers to another battle ten years later, during the Russo-Japanese War.
Signed
Ôju Toshitane
応需年種
応需年種
Marks
Artist's seal: Toshitane
Inscriptions
ProvenancePurchased between 1985 and 1999, probably in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)