Illustration of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur: The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makarov Drowned (Daihachi Ryojun kōgeki no zu, koko ni waga fusetsu suirai Rosen Makarofu chūshō dekishi su 第八旅順攻撃之図　茲に我敷設水雷　露戦闘旗艦　沈シ司令提督マカロフ中将溺死ス)
Illustration of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur: The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makarov Drowned (Daihachi Ryojun kōgeki no zu, koko ni waga fusetsu suirai Rosen Makarofu chūshō dekishi su 第八旅順攻撃之図　茲に我敷設水雷　露戦闘旗艦　沈シ司令提督マカロフ中将溺死ス)

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Illustration of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur: The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makarov Drowned (Daihachi Ryojun kōgeki no zu, koko ni waga fusetsu suirai Rosen Makarofu chūshō dekishi su 第八旅順攻撃之図　茲に我敷設水雷　露戦闘旗艦　沈シ司令提督マカロフ中将溺死ス),

1904 [Meiji 37]

Yasuda Hanpo 安田半田甫, 1889–1947
Published by Sawa Hisajirō 澤久次郎
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-152 a-c

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Title
Illustration of the Eighth Attack on Port Arthur: The Flagship of Russia Was Destroyed by the Torpedo of Our Navy and Admiral Makarov Drowned (Daihachi Ryojun kōgeki no zu, koko ni waga fusetsu suirai Rosen Makarofu chūshō dekishi su 第八旅順攻撃之図　茲に我敷設水雷　露戦闘旗艦　沈シ司令提督マカロフ中将溺死ス)
Dates

1904 [Meiji 37]

Maker
Yasuda Hanpo 安田半田甫
Published by Sawa Hisajirō 澤久次郎
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
block (a): 24.4 x 36.4 cm block (b): 23.8 x 36.1 cm block (c): 23.5 x 35.9 cm sheet (each): 25.4 x 37.5 cm. (10 x 14 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-152 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
signed: Hanpo 半哺
Inscription
Cartouche on the rightmost sheet: 第八旅順攻撃之圖　茲ニ我敷設水雷ニ觸露戦闘旗艦ハ軣沈シ司令提督マカロフ中将溺死ス
Marks/Labels/Seals
One red square seal under the artist’s signature: “Hanpo no in” 半田甫之印
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
triptychs, japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
men, figures (representations), bombs, torpedoes, seascapes, warships, admirals, 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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