Twenty-six Shots from Tingyuen Turned Our Central Ammunition Room into a Scene of Carnage, illustration for the unpublished book Conditions aboard the Battleship Matsushima During the Battle of the Yellow Sea (Kôkai kaisen ni okeru Matsushima kannai no jôkyô)

黄海海戦ニ於ケル松島艦内ノ状況　「平遠ノ廿六珊弾我中央水雷室ヲ修羅場ニ化セシム」

Kobayashi Teikō (Japanese)
Author: Kimura Kōkichi (Japanese, 1861–1940)
Printer: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya) (Japanese)
Publisher: Uchida Rōkakuho (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1896 (Meiji 29)

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

Dimensions 33 x 45.7 cm (13 x 18 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.333

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #75 (intact book); Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #35, photo p. 82

DescriptionThe book by the author and naval officer Kimura Kōkichi (1861-1940), with 18 illustrations by Kobayashi Teikō, was scheduled to be published in February 1896 but was suppressed because of the realism of the text and the illustrations--the cruel aspects of the war were not considered appropriate for public consumption.
The MFA has 4 of the unbound illustrations, 2000.330 to 2000.333.

Signed Unsigned
無款

Marks Seal: Hanken shoyū (Copyright)

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)