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「明治丗七年二月廿四日夜第一回旅順港口閉塞」
The First Blockade of the Entrance to the Harbor of Port Arthur on the Night of February 24, 1904
「明治丗七年二月廿四日夜第一回旅順港口閉塞」
Ôkura Kôtô (Japanese, died in 1910)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 69.5 cm (13 7/8 x 27 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.244a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #67, photo p. 119
DescriptionDescription after the title: "Kurita, the head of the division of the warship Shikishima was one of the seventy-seven men selected to be part of our death-defying squad. Acting as the engineer of the crew of [the blockade ship] Hokokumaru, Kurita scooped out the water of the rolling waves which flooded the [row]boat."
Signed
Kôtô
耕濤
耕濤
Marks
Artist's seal: Kôtô no in
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)