Great Victory: Our Fleet on the 9th Day of the 2nd Month at the Port of Chemulpo Sinks the Two Russian Ships Varyag and Koreets (Dai shōri waga kantai nigatsu kokonoka Jinsenkō ni Rokan—Wariyāgu, Korūtsu—ni seki o gōchin seshimu 大勝利 我艦隊二月九日仁川港ニ露艦ワリヤーグコルーツ二隻ヲ轟沈セシム)
Great Victory: Our Fleet on the 9th Day of the 2nd Month at the Port of Chemulpo Sinks the Two Russian Ships Varyag and Koreets (Dai shōri waga kantai nigatsu kokonoka Jinsenkō ni Rokan—Wariyāgu, Korūtsu—ni seki o gōchin seshimu 大勝利 我艦隊二月九日仁川港ニ露艦ワリヤーグコルーツ二隻ヲ轟沈セシム)

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Great Victory: Our Fleet on the 9th Day of the 2nd Month at the Port of Chemulpo Sinks the Two Russian Ships Varyag and Koreets (Dai shōri waga kantai nigatsu kokonoka Jinsenkō ni Rokan—Wariyāgu, Korūtsu—ni seki o gōchin seshimu 大勝利 我艦隊二月九日仁川港ニ露艦ワリヤーグコルーツ二隻ヲ轟沈セシム),

1904 [Meiji 37]

Migita Toshihide 右田年英, 1863–1925
Published by Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-131 a-c

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Title
Great Victory: Our Fleet on the 9th Day of the 2nd Month at the Port of Chemulpo Sinks the Two Russian Ships Varyag and Koreets (Dai shōri waga kantai nigatsu kokonoka Jinsenkō ni Rokan—Wariyāgu, Korūtsu—ni seki o gōchin seshimu 大勝利 我艦隊二月九日仁川港ニ露艦ワリヤーグコルーツ二隻ヲ轟沈セシム)
Dates

1904 [Meiji 37]

Maker
Migita Toshihide 右田年英
Published by Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block (each): 35.7 x 23.8 cm sheet (each): 36.8 x 24.8 cm. (14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-131 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: Ōju Toshihide [kai?] 応需年英[絵？]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Sealed: One seal unread
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
triptychs, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
seascapes, warships, battles

–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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