Hard Fight of Lieutenant Morinaga during the Sino Japanese War (Nisshin sensō Morinaga chūi no funsen 日清戦争守永中尉之奮戦)
Hard Fight of Lieutenant Morinaga during the Sino Japanese War (Nisshin sensō Morinaga chūi no funsen 日清戦争守永中尉之奮戦)

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Hard Fight of Lieutenant Morinaga during the Sino Japanese War (Nisshin sensō Morinaga chūi no funsen 日清戦争守永中尉之奮戦),

1895 [Meiji 28]

Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1838–1912
Published by Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎, ca. 1800–1898
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-147 a-c

Information

Title
Hard Fight of Lieutenant Morinaga during the Sino Japanese War (Nisshin sensō Morinaga chūi no funsen 日清戦争守永中尉之奮戦)
Dates

1895 [Meiji 28]

Maker
Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延
Published by Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block (each): 36 x 24 sheet (each): 37.5 x 25.1 cm. (14 3/4 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-147 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延
Marks/Labels/Seals
One red round seal under the artist’s signature, not legible Two seals on the lower leftmost corner: one square intaglio “組”; one square relief “正”
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, triptychs, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
soldiers, battles, figures (representations), men, winter, snow

–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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