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Lieutenant General Shirakawa Shin'ichirô Fights Fiercely at the Battle of Gaiping, Suffering Many Wounds (Chûjô Shirakawa Shin'ichirô, Gaiheisen yûsen funsen mi ni sûsô o kômuru zu), from the series The Japanese Spirit (Yamatodamashii)


「日本魂 中尉白川震一郎 蓋平戦勇進奮戦身数創を蒙図」
Ôkura Kôtô (Japanese, died in 1910)
Other artist: Artist unidentified, Japanese
Publisher: Hasegawa Sumi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), April

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.1 × 24.5 cm (14 3/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.92
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series, bound as an album (this design not illustrated): Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #67.2
DescriptionMost of the prints in this series have the signatures of pupils of Kôtô, beginninig with the character "Kô," in the insets; but the individual signatures have not yet been identified.
Signed Kôtô (on main image); signature of student "Kô..." in inset
耕濤
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.