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Chinese Peace Negotiators Come to Japan for Talks (Shinkoku kôwashi raichô danpan no zu)


「清國媾和使来朝談判之圖」
Utagawa Kokunimasa (Ryûa) (Japanese, 1874–1944)
Japanese
Meiji era
1895 (Meiji 28), March

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.7 x 69.1 cm (14 1/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.514a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kang Duksang, ed., Nishiki-e no naka no Chôsen to Chûgoku (2007), #112; Sharf, Imaging Meiji (1997), #28, no photo; Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 11 (1977), pp. 74-5; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 36-7
Signed Kokunimasa
小国政
Marks Blockcutter's mark: Matsumoto Hori Jin
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.