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「明治廿七年十一月六日金州城攻撃中工兵小野口徳治君萬ト死ヲ冐シテ突進シ線火薬ヲ以って第一第二城門ヲ破壊シ終ニ大捷ヲ致ス嗚呼勇裂ナル哉」
Onoguchi Tokuji of the Second Army Blows Up Gates at Jinzhou Fortress
「明治廿七年十一月六日金州城攻撃中工兵小野口徳治君萬ト死ヲ冐シテ突進シ線火薬ヲ以って第一第二城門ヲ破壊シ終ニ大捷ヲ致ス嗚呼勇裂ナル哉」
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 × 71.2 cm (13 7/8 × 28 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.200a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #103; Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print (1986), color pl. 34; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #51; Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 51, photo p. 161
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.200a-c, 2016.1332, RES.27.168a-c
English descriptive text at left of print, with Japanese below:
"6th Nov. 27 of Meiji, Onoguchi Tokuji, a soldier in Second Army, dashed with all his might and destroyed two hard gates at Kinsiu Castle by dynamite, at last, our army gained great victory. How brave he was!"
English descriptive text at left of print, with Japanese below:
"6th Nov. 27 of Meiji, Onoguchi Tokuji, a soldier in Second Army, dashed with all his might and destroyed two hard gates at Kinsiu Castle by dynamite, at last, our army gained great victory. How brave he was!"
Signed
Ôju Toshikata e
応需年方絵
応需年方絵
Marks
Artist's seal: Toshikata
Inscriptions
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.