In the Battle of Nanshan Our Troops Took Advantage of a Violent Thunderstorm and Charged the Enemy Fortress (Jinraifûu Nanzan no eki waga gun noshite tekirui o tosshin su)

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In the Battle of Nanshan Our Troops Took Advantage of a Violent Thunderstorm and Charged the Enemy Fortress (Jinraifûu Nanzan no eki waga gun noshite tekirui o tosshin su)

「南山之役我軍乗迅雷風雨突進敵壘」

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)

Japanese

Meiji era

1904 (Meiji 37)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 70.2 cm (14 1/8 x 27 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.239a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #74, photo p. 126; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 12 (1978), pp. 70-1

Signed Kiyochika
清親

Marks Artist's seals: Kobayashi, Kiyochika

ProvenancePrevious to 2000, purchased by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)