On March 10, 1904, an Enemy Warship Seized by Our Ship Sazanami Was About to Sink Due to Leakage of Water, and Brave Sailors from Our Ship Removed the Battle Flag at Risk of Their Lives (Waga Sazanami kan hokaku no tekikan rôsui no tame chinbotsu sen to shô ni gakan no yûhei ken o okashite gunki o tekkyo suru no zu, yoji Meiji sanjûshichinen sangatsu tôka)

「我漣艦捕獲之敵艦為漏水将沈没我艦之勇兵冒険撤去軍旗之図　予時明治三十七年三月十日」

Harada Kôkyo (Japanese, active 1894–1904)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1904 (Meiji 37), April

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 70.2 cm (14 x 27 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.71a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 124-5

Signed Ôju Kôkyo ga
耕挙画

Marks Artist's seals: Kô, kyo

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