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Our Destroyers Hayatori and Asagiri Sinking Enemy Ships at Port Arthur During a Great Snowstorm at 3:00 a.m. on February 14, 1904 (Waga kuchiku kantai Hayatori Asagiri taifûsetsu Ryôjun ni oite tekikan o chin suru no zu)


「我驅逐艦速鳥朝霧冐大風雪旅順撃沈敵艦之圖」
Harada Kôkyo (Japanese, active 1894–1904)
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37), February

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 34.7 x 69.1 cm (13 11/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.543a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #93
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.543a-c, 2004.2175a-c

Both MFA impressions have the margins trimmed off, but the St. Louis impression has intact margins with identification of the publisher as Matsuki Heikichi.
Signed Kôkyo
耕挙
Marks Artist's seal: Kôkyo
ProvenancePrevious to 2000, purchased by Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)