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Photographing Our Troops Fighting at the Fortified Town of Niuzhuang (Waga guntai Gyûsôjô shigaisen satsuei no zu)


「我軍隊牛荘城市街戰撮影之圖」
Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)
Publisher: Hasegawa Sonokichi (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), printed March 30, published April

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37 x 75.5 cm (14 9/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.473a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), p. 48, fig. 3; MFA/Geidai, Double Impact (2015), #126; Virgin et al., Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age (MFA, 2001), #46, photo p. 94
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.473a-c, 2016.920
Signed Kiyochika
清親
Marks Artist's seal: Kobayashi
ProvenancePurchased between 1985 and 1999, probably in London or Tokyo; 2000, gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: January 26, 2000)