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Our Torpedo Hitting a Russian Warship at the Great Naval Battle of Port Arthur (Ryojun no daikaisen ni Rokan ni waga suirai meichû suru no zu)


「旅順大海戰我水雷命中露艦之圖」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37), February 18

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35 x 69.5 cm (13 3/4 x 27 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Benjamin Weiss
Accession Number2004.2176a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #88; Smith, Kiyochika (exh. cat., Santa Barbara, 1988), #121; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 12 (1978), p. 57; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 110-1 (w/o title)
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.74a-c, 2004.2176a-c
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Artist's seals: Kobayashi, Kiyochika
ProvenanceBy November, 1999: with John Adams Japanese Woodblock Prints; November 19, 1999: purchased by Benjamin Weiss; December 15, 2004: given as a gift to the MFA.