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Sailor Tanaka Ichitarô, Blinded in Battle, Hears That the Enemy Ship Is Captured, Feels It for HImself, and Weeps for Joy (Suihei Tanaka Ichitarô gekisen no tame ni mei o ushinashi ato tekikan o hokaku shitaru o kiki kore o sagurite kikyû su), from the series Mirror of Army and Navy Heroes (Rikkai gunjin kômyô kagami)


「陸海軍人高名鑑 水兵田中市太郎氏敵弾ノ為に明ヲ失シ後敵艦ヲ捕獲シタルヲ聞き之を探リテ喜泣ス」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Inoue Kichijirô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Yatarô (Hori Yata) (Japanese, 1850–1913)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.7 × 25.5 cm (14 13/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.168
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yata
Artist's seal: Kiyo
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.