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「七星門外斥候衝突」
Scouts Clash Outside the Seven-Star Gate (Shichiseimon gai sekkô shôtotsu)
「七星門外斥候衝突」
Japanese
Meiji era
1904 (Meiji 37)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.9 x 70.5 cm (14 1/8 x 27 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.468a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Modern Age, MFA, 2001, no. 88?; Swinton, In Battle's Light (Worcester, 1991), #76; Konishi, Nishiki-e bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 12 (1978), p. 51; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 118-9
DescriptionMFA impressions: 2000.65a-c, 2000.468a-c
"At 9 a.m. on February 28, outside the Seven-Star Gate at Pyongyang (Heijö), six of our cavalrymen were confronted by scores of enemy horsemen who opened fire. Our soldiers then returned fire and easily repulsed [the enemy]."
"At 9 a.m. on February 28, outside the Seven-Star Gate at Pyongyang (Heijö), six of our cavalrymen were confronted by scores of enemy horsemen who opened fire. Our soldiers then returned fire and easily repulsed [the enemy]."
Signed
Yoshikuni
美邦
美邦
Marks
Artist's seal
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.