Foreign-looking Manchurian Horsemen on an Expedition to Observe the Japanese Camp in the Distance Near Sauhoku (Sôkakô fukin Nichijin enbô Manshû kihei isô shutsujin no zu)

「草河口附近日陣遠望満州騎兵異相出陣之圖」

Taguchi Beisaku (Japanese, 1864–1903)
Blockcutter: Watanabe Yatarô (Hori Yata) (Japanese, 1850–1913)
Printer: Suri Nakajima (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

probably late 1894 (Meiji 27)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 71.2 cm (14 9/16 x 28 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.255a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #46; Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #45, photo p. 93; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #40; Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #267

Signed Beisaku
米作

Marks Blockcutter's mark: Hori Yata
Printer's mark: Suri Nakajima
Artist's seal: Saku

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)