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In the Chinchon Region, Five Military Engineers of Japan Rout Over One Hundred Chinese Soldiers (Chinsen chihô nii gomei no Nihon kôhei Shinhei hyakuyonin gekitai)
Japanese
Meiji era
1894 (Meiji 27), September
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 74.9 cm (14 1/2 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1795-7
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #81
DescriptionTriptych: 21.1795 (right), 21.1796 (left), 21.1797 (center)
MFA impressions: 21.1795-7, RES.23.347-9
MFA impressions: 21.1795-7, RES.23.347-9
Signed
Toshikata e (on right sheet only)
年方絵
年方絵
Marks
Artist's seal: Toshikata
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.