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After the Fall of Weihaiwei, the Commander of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet, Admiral Ding Ruchang, Surrenders (Ikaiei kanraku Hokuyô kantai teitoku Tei Joshô kôfuku no zu)


「威海衛陥落北洋艦隊提督丁汝昌降伏ノ圖」
Migita Toshihide (Japanese, 1863–1925)
Publisher: Matsuno Yonejirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; overall: 37.1 x 73.2 cm (14 5/8 x 28 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1783-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hu et al, Conflicts of Interest (St. Louis exh. cat., 2016), #54; Okamoto, Impressions of the Front (1983), #73; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), color pl. between pp. 24-5
DescriptionTriptych: 21.1783 (right), 21.1784 (center), 21.1785 (left)

MFA impressions: 21.1783-5, 2000.123a-c, RES.27.204a-c
Signed Ôju Toshihide
応需年英
Marks Artist's seal: Toshihide
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.