Captain Higuchi, A Fierce Warrior, Ready to Lay Down His Life for Mercy’s Sake at Fort Motianling (Mōshō sei o nageutte Higuchi taii Matenrei o jin’ai o sutezu 猛将抛生不棄仁愛)
Captain Higuchi, A Fierce Warrior, Ready to Lay Down His Life for Mercy’s Sake at Fort Motianling (Mōshō sei o nageutte Higuchi taii Matenrei o jin’ai o sutezu 猛将抛生不棄仁愛)

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Captain Higuchi, A Fierce Warrior, Ready to Lay Down His Life for Mercy’s Sake at Fort Motianling (Mōshō sei o nageutte Higuchi taii Matenrei o jin’ai o sutezu 猛将抛生不棄仁愛),

1895 [Meiji 28], January 30

Ōkura Kōtō 大倉耕濤, died 1910
Published by Hasegawa Sumi 長谷川スミ
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-142 a-c

Information

Title
Captain Higuchi, A Fierce Warrior, Ready to Lay Down His Life for Mercy’s Sake at Fort Motianling (Mōshō sei o nageutte Higuchi taii Matenrei o jin’ai o sutezu 猛将抛生不棄仁愛)
Dates

1895 [Meiji 28], January 30

Maker
Ōkura Kōtō 大倉耕濤
Published by Hasegawa Sumi 長谷川スミ
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet: 34.9 x 22.9 cm. (13 3/4 x 9 in.) overall: 34.9 x 70.1 cm. (13 3/4 x 27 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-142 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Kōtō 耕濤
Inscription
Cartouche: 猛将抛生不棄仁愛
Marks/Labels/Seals
Artist’s seal: “Kōtō” 耕濤, sq. relief
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
captains (military officers), weapons, figures (representations), deaths, men, forts

–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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