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Scouts Clash Outside the Seven-Star Gate (Shichiseimon gai sekkô shôtotsu)


「七星門外斥候衝突」
Hirose Yoshikuni (Japanese, active 1904–1905)
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37), April 4

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 71.4 cm (14 x 28 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.65a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 118-9
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.65a-c, 2000.468a-c

"At 9 a.m. on February 28, outside the Seven-Star Gate at Pyongyang (Heijö), six of our cavalrymen were confronted by scores of enemy horsemen who opened fire. Our soldiers then returned fire and easily repulsed [the enemy]."
Signed Yoshikuni
Marks Artist's seal
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.