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「明治廿七年十一月六日金州城攻撃中工兵小野口徳治君萬ト死ヲ冐シテ 爆薬ヲ装置シ城門ヲ破壊スル圖」
Onoguchi Tokuji of the Second Army Blows Up Gates at Jinzhou Fortress
「明治廿七年十一月六日金州城攻撃中工兵小野口徳治君萬ト死ヲ冐シテ 爆薬ヲ装置シ城門ヲ破壊スル圖」
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.5 x 72.4 cm (14 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis Gardner Curtis
Accession NumberRES.27.168a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #103; Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print (1986), color pl. 34; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #51; Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 51, photo p. 161
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.200a-c, 2016.1332, RES.27.168a-c
English descriptive text at left of print, with Japanese below:
"6th Nov. 27 of Meiji, Onoguchi Tokuji, a soldier in Second Army, dashed with all his might and destroyed two hard gates at Kinsiu Castle by dynamite, at last, our army gained great victory. How brave he was!"
English descriptive text at left of print, with Japanese below:
"6th Nov. 27 of Meiji, Onoguchi Tokuji, a soldier in Second Army, dashed with all his might and destroyed two hard gates at Kinsiu Castle by dynamite, at last, our army gained great victory. How brave he was!"
Signed
Ôju Toshikata e
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Artist's seal: Toshikata