Visit by the Empress to the General Staff Headquarters [to Present a Tray of Bandages] (Sanbô honbu gyôkei no zu)

「参謀本部行啓之図」

Japanese

Meiji era

1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 71 cm (14 x 27 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection

Accession Number2000.380.27a-c

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Meech-Pekarik, The World of the Meiji Print (1986), fig. 129; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 7 (1936), pp. 104-5

Signed Kiyochika (on right sheet)
清親

Marks Artist's seals: Kiyo, chika

ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.