Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet, Totally Destroyed at Weihaiwei, Commits Suicide at his Official Residence (Shinkoku hokuyō kantai oite Ikaiei zenmetsu tsui teitoku Tei Joshō waga kaigun teki funō oite kantaku jisatsu zu 清国北洋艦隊於威海衛全滅遂提督丁昌汝我海軍敵不能於官宅自殺啚)
Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet, Totally Destroyed at Weihaiwei, Commits Suicide at his Official Residence (Shinkoku hokuyō kantai oite Ikaiei zenmetsu tsui teitoku Tei Joshō waga kaigun teki funō oite kantaku jisatsu zu 清国北洋艦隊於威海衛全滅遂提督丁昌汝我海軍敵不能於官宅自殺啚)

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Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet, Totally Destroyed at Weihaiwei, Commits Suicide at his Official Residence (Shinkoku hokuyō kantai oite Ikaiei zenmetsu tsui teitoku Tei Joshō waga kaigun teki funō oite kantaku jisatsu zu 清国北洋艦隊於威海衛全滅遂提督丁昌汝我海軍敵不能於官宅自殺啚),

1895 [Meiji 28]

Mizuno Toshikata 水野年方, 1866–1908
Published by Akiyama Buemon 秋山武右衛門
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2008-134 a-c

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Title
Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet, Totally Destroyed at Weihaiwei, Commits Suicide at his Official Residence (Shinkoku hokuyō kantai oite Ikaiei zenmetsu tsui teitoku Tei Joshō waga kaigun teki funō oite kantaku jisatsu zu 清国北洋艦隊於威海衛全滅遂提督丁昌汝我海軍敵不能於官宅自殺啚)
Dates

1895 [Meiji 28]

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: 35.3 x 23.4 cm. (13 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.) overall: 35.3 x 70.5 cm. (13 7/8 x 27 3/4 in.) mat: 50 x 84.3 cm. (19 11/16 x 33 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Japanese Print Collection
Object Number
2008-134 a-c
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: Ōju Toshikata e 応需年方絵
Marks/Labels/Seals
Sealed: Osai Toshikata
Culture
Japanese
Period
Meiji
Type
japanese printmaking styles, woodblock prints, oban, prints
Materials
oban, color, ink, paper
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
men, figures (representations), Chinese, warships, admirals, battles, suicides, rooms

–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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