Examining the Map by Electric Torch Following a Victory in the Pescadores (Bōkotō senryō anya dentō no shitaji zu tenken no zu 澎湖嶋占領 暗夜電燈之下地図点検之図)
Examining the Map by Electric Torch Following a Victory in the Pescadores (Bōkotō senryō anya dentō no shitaji zu tenken no zu 澎湖嶋占領 暗夜電燈之下地図点検之図)

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Examining the Map by Electric Torch Following a Victory in the Pescadores (Bōkotō senryō anya dentō no shitaji zu tenken no zu 澎湖嶋占領 暗夜電燈之下地図点検之図),

1895 [Meiji 28]

Kōchō ？朝, dates unknown
Published by Higuchi Tarō 樋口太郎
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-125 a-c

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Title
Examining the Map by Electric Torch Following a Victory in the Pescadores (Bōkotō senryō anya dentō no shitaji zu tenken no zu 澎湖嶋占領 暗夜電燈之下地図点検之図)
Dates

1895 [Meiji 28]

Maker
Kōchō ？朝
Published by Higuchi Tarō 樋口太郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet: 35 x 24 cm. (13 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) overall: 35 x 70 cm. (13 3/4 x 27 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-125 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Kochō ？朝
Marks/Labels/Seals
One red sq. relief seal below the signature at the lower left corner of the leftmost sheet
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
soldiers, ships, battles, figures (representations), men, night, ports

–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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