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Visit of the Empress to the Field Hospital [in Hiroshima] (Yasen byôin gyôkô no zu)


野戦病院行幸之図
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Takekawa Seikichi (Sawamuraya Seikichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 71 cm (14 x 27 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.512a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #55; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #25, no photo; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), pl. 204; Tanba, Nishiki-e ni miru Meiji tennô to Meiji jidai (1966), #266
DescriptionTitle at upper edge of center sheet, cut off of this impression.
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Artist's seal: Kobayashi
ProvenancePreviously owned by various dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.