The Second Army Attacks Lüshun Port [Port Arthur] (Dainigun Ryojunkō kōgeki no zu 第二軍旅順口攻撃之圖)
The Second Army Attacks Lüshun Port [Port Arthur] (Dainigun Ryojunkō kōgeki no zu 第二軍旅順口攻撃之圖)

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The Second Army Attacks Lüshun Port [Port Arthur] (Dainigun Ryojunkō kōgeki no zu 第二軍旅順口攻撃之圖),

1894 [Meiji 27]

Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親, 1847–1915
Published by Yokoyama Sonomatsu
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-123 a-c

Information

Title
The Second Army Attacks Lüshun Port [Port Arthur] (Dainigun Ryojunkō kōgeki no zu 第二軍旅順口攻撃之圖)
Dates

1894 [Meiji 27]

Maker
Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林清親
Published by Yokoyama Sonomatsu
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych, glued together); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet: 36.5 × 25 cm (14 3/8 × 9 13/16 in.) overall: 37 × 72.4 cm (14 9/16 × 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-123 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: Kiyochika 清親
Marks/Labels/Seals
Two red sq. seals, each with a character “kiyo” 清 and “chika” 親 respectively
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, paper, ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
soldiers, battles, morning, suns, figures (representations), deaths, men, ports, shadows

–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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