The Heroic Fight of Cavalry Scout Captain Asakawa (Sekkô Asakawa Kihei-taii funtô no zu)

「斥候淺川騎兵大尉奮戰之圖」

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Yokoyama Ryôhachi (Japanese)

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28), January

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 × 74.6 cm (14 1/2 × 29 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession NumberRES.23.329-31

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War (1983), cat. no. 54, photo p. 164; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 134-5

DescriptionTriptych: RES.23.329 (left), RES.23.330 (center), RES.23.331 (right)

MFA impressions: 21.1774-6, 2000.180a-c, RES.23.329-31

Signed Kiyochika (on left sheet)
清親

Marks Artist's seals: Kobayashi, Kiyochika

ProvenanceAnonymous gift in memory of Horatio G. Curtis