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「冒雪我軍抜威海衛之堅壘圖」
Braving the Snow, Our Troops Capture the Stronghold at Weihaiwei (Yuki o okashite, waga gun Ikaiei no kenrui o nuku zu)
「冒雪我軍抜威海衛之堅壘圖」
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), February
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 37.1 × 74.4 cm (14 5/8 × 29 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1780-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Yoshida, Kiyochika (1964), #137; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 14-5
DescriptionTriptych: 21.1780 (left), 21.1781 (right), 21.1782 (center)
MFA impressions: 21.1780-2, 2000.252a-c, RES.23.270-2
MFA impressions: 21.1780-2, 2000.252a-c, RES.23.270-2
Signed
Kiyochika
清親
清親
Marks
Artist's seal: Kobayashi Kiyochika
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.