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Outside Port Arthur, Our Naval Suicide Squads, in Scrapped Vessels Disguised as Warships and Under a Shower of Bullets, Bravely Destroyed Their Ships to Block the Entrance of the Harbor--Before Dawn, February 25, 1904 (Waga kesshi kantai haisen o gunkan ni yosooi hōdan uka yū o furutte josen o hasai Ryojunkō o heisoku no zu, Meiji jūshjichinen nigatsu jūnigonichi mimei)


「我決死艦隊廃船装軍艦砲弾雨下奮勇破碎乗舩閉塞 旅順港口之図 明治二十七年二月廿五日未明」
Harada Kôkyo (Japanese, active 1894–1904)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.8 x 70.3 cm (14 1/8 x 27 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.67a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kôkyo ga
耕挙画
Marks Artist's seal: Sômu
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.