Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)

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Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖),

1894 [Meiji 27], August

Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方, 1866–1908
Published by Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-133 a-c

Information

Title
Banzai! Banzai! For the Great Japanese Empire! Great Victory for Our Troops in the Assault on Seonghwan (Dai Nihon teikoku banbanzai: Seikan shūgeki waga gun taishō no zu 大日本帝國萬々歳 成歡襲撃和軍大捷之圖)
Dates

1894 [Meiji 27], August

Maker
Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方
Published by Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet trimmed to block: 35.6 x 23.5 cm. (14 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-133 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: Ōju Toshikata e 応需年方絵
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist’s seal: “Ōsai Shujin” 応斎主人
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
prints, japanese printmaking styles, oban, triptychs, woodblock prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
battles, soldiers, reporters, men, figures (representations)

–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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