Welcoming the Japanese Army’s Triumphal Return from Asan (Gazan gaisen kangei no zu 牙山凱旋歡迎之圖)
Welcoming the Japanese Army’s Triumphal Return from Asan (Gazan gaisen kangei no zu 牙山凱旋歡迎之圖)

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Welcoming the Japanese Army’s Triumphal Return from Asan (Gazan gaisen kangei no zu 牙山凱旋歡迎之圖),

1894 [Meiji 27], September

Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光, active 1874–1897
Published by Ayabe Hanji 綾部半次郎
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-91 a-c

Information

Title
Welcoming the Japanese Army’s Triumphal Return from Asan (Gazan gaisen kangei no zu 牙山凱旋歡迎之圖)
Dates

1894 [Meiji 27], September

Maker
Adachi Ginkō 安達吟光
Published by Ayabe Hanji 綾部半次郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet (left): 35.9 × 23.5 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.) sheet (center): 36.2 × 23.5 cm (14 1/4 × 9 1/4 in.) sheet (right): 36.1 × 23.5 cm (14 3/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-91 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
“Ojū Ginkō” 應需吟光 (in 2 lines, lower left of rightmost sheet)
Inscription
Five cartouches identify the most prominent figures in the composition. Middle sheet (2 military figures): Right: 長岡叁謀 Staff Officer Nagaoka; Left大島旋團長 Brigade Commander Ōshima Leftmost sheet (3 diplomatic figures): Right: 大鳥公使 Minister Ōtori; Center: 國王使 李允用 Korean King’s Messenger Yi Yun-yong (Ri Inyo); Right: 機務處員 鄭敬源 Officer of Deliberative Council Jeong Gyeong-won
Marks/Labels/Seals
One square yang seal beneath last half of artist’s signature (illegible – blurry printing) Two seals in lower left corner of leftmost sheet: • Single line, to the right: 杉山彫栄 (Censor’s seal?) • Larger publisher’s imprint (r>l): 明治廿七年 R: 九月 日印刷 L: 九月 日發行 臨字印刷兼発行者 日本槁区四日市町二番地 綾部半次
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, triptychs, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, paper, ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
soldiers, wars, figures (representations), men

–2008 Collection of Ruth Leserman (Los Angeles, CA) and Allen R. Adler (New York, NY), co-ownership.
2008 Allen R. Adler (New York, NY), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2008.

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