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Japanese Suicide Squads Fight Bravely in the Naval Battle at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War (Nichiro Ryojunkô kaisen Nihon kesshitai yûsen)


「日露旅順港海戦日本決死隊勇戦ス」
"The Japanese Blockaders Fighting With Great Bravery at Port Arthur"
Sengai (?) (Japanese, active 1904)
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37), March

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.5 x 75.6 cm (13 9/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.85a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné https://art.famsf.org/sengai/japanese-blockaders-fighting-great-bravery-port-arthur-1963305722abc https://ci.nii.ac.jp/els/contentscinii_20181102075213.pdf?id=ART0008103204
DescriptionBased on an 1894 design by Adachi Ginkô: 2000.376a-c, 2000.380.14a-c
The website of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco reads this artist's name as Sengai (in romanization only). The impression at the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts includes an intact left margin with the publication information, including the name of publisher Fukuda Hatsujirô.
The catalogue of the Meiji University Museum, Criminal Materials Section, lists the print as #240 and dates in to March 1904, but does not give the second character of the signature.
Signed Sen...?
先?
Marks Artist's seal: Nansai (?)
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.