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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」
Mizuno Toshikata (Japanese, 1866–1908)
Publisher: Akiyama Buemon (Japanese)
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
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!"
Signed Ôju Toshikata e
応需年方絵
Marks Artist's seal: Toshikata
Inscriptions
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.