Telegraphic Record of the Russo Japanese War: On the Ice of Lake Baikal in Russia, a Steam Locomotive and Its Cars Sank, Killing Tens of Officers and Soldiers. Russia’s Transport Capacity Was Greatly Damaged (Nichiro sensō denpō jikki no uchi: Rokoku no Baikaru-ko hyōjō tetsudō kikansha oyobi ressha suichū ni chinbotsu shite shōkō heishe sūjūnin sokushin su Rokoku yusōryoku wa ō-shōgai o uketaru mono nari 日露戦争電報実記之内 露国ノバイカル湖氷上鉄道汽関車及列車水中ニ沈没シテ将校兵士数十人即死ス露国輸送力ハ大障害ヲ受タルモノナリ)
Telegraphic Record of the Russo Japanese War: On the Ice of Lake Baikal in Russia, a Steam Locomotive and Its Cars Sank, Killing Tens of Officers and Soldiers. Russia’s Transport Capacity Was Greatly Damaged (Nichiro sensō denpō jikki no uchi: Rokoku no Baikaru-ko hyōjō tetsudō kikansha oyobi ressha suichū ni chinbotsu shite shōkō heishe sūjūnin sokushin su Rokoku yusōryoku wa ō-shōgai o uketaru mono nari 日露戦争電報実記之内 露国ノバイカル湖氷上鉄道汽関車及列車水中ニ沈没シテ将校兵士数十人即死ス露国輸送力ハ大障害ヲ受タルモノナリ)

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Telegraphic Record of the Russo Japanese War: On the Ice of Lake Baikal in Russia, a Steam Locomotive and Its Cars Sank, Killing Tens of Officers and Soldiers. Russia’s Transport Capacity Was Greatly Damaged (Nichiro sensō denpō jikki no uchi: Rokoku no Baikaru-ko hyōjō tetsudō kikansha oyobi ressha suichū ni chinbotsu shite shōkō heishe sūjūnin sokushin su Rokoku yusōryoku wa ō-shōgai o uketaru mono nari 日露戦争電報実記之内 露国ノバイカル湖氷上鉄道汽関車及列車水中ニ沈没シテ将校兵士数十人即死ス露国輸送力ハ大障害ヲ受タルモノナリ),

1904 [Meiji 37]

Utagawa Kokunimasa 歌川小国政, 1874–1944
Published by Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-148 a-c

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Title
Telegraphic Record of the Russo Japanese War: On the Ice of Lake Baikal in Russia, a Steam Locomotive and Its Cars Sank, Killing Tens of Officers and Soldiers. Russia’s Transport Capacity Was Greatly Damaged (Nichiro sensō denpō jikki no uchi: Rokoku no Baikaru-ko hyōjō tetsudō kikansha oyobi ressha suichū ni chinbotsu shite shōkō heishe sūjūnin sokushin su Rokoku yusōryoku wa ō-shōgai o uketaru mono nari 日露戦争電報実記之内 露国ノバイカル湖氷上鉄道汽関車及列車水中ニ沈没シテ将校兵士数十人即死ス露国輸送力ハ大障害ヲ受タルモノナリ)
Dates

1904 [Meiji 37]

Maker
Utagawa Kokunimasa 歌川小国政
Published by Fukuda Kumajirō 福田熊次郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block (each): 35.6 x 24 cm sheet (each): 35.6 x 25.4 cm. (14 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-148 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Ryūa 柳蛙
Marks/Labels/Seals
One red round seal under the artist’s signature: “Edokko” 江戸子
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
triptychs, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
winter, ice, lakes, locomotives, officers (military officers), soldiers, deaths

–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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