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Colonel Sato Charges at the Enemy Using the Regimental Flag as a Crutch in the Fierce Battle of Newchang
Colonel Sato Charges at the Enemy Using the Regimental Flag as a Crutch in the Fierce Battle of Newchang
Object number2008.19.42

Colonel Sato Charges at the Enemy Using the Regimental Flag as a Crutch in the Fierce Battle of Newchang

Date1895
Artist (Japanese, 1859-1920)
CultureJapanese
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e; ōban tate-e triptych), ink and color on paper
DimensionsSheet (each, ōban tate-e): 14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in. (37 x 25 cm)
Composition: 14 1/8 x 28 1/4 in. (35.9 x 71.8 cm)
Matted: 20 x 34 1/4 in. (50.8 x 87 cm)
Credit LineGift of Frances Beatty Adler, class of 1970, and Allen Adler
On View
Not on view
Period19th c (Meiji period)
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower left (left sheet), in block: Gekkō (月耕): (sealed: Gekko)
InscribedOn recto, upper right (right sheet) title in large rectangular cartouche, in block:「佐藤大佐佐藤大佐 牛荘城激戦ノ役 聯隊旗ヲ杖ニシテ突貫ス」
MarkingsOn recto, artist's seal, lower left (left sheet), in block: Gekkō (月耕)
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