Object number2008.19.17

Our Troops Take Rongcheng Bay and Make a Landing

Date1895

Artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847-1915)

CultureJapanese

MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e; ōban tate-e triptych), ink and color on paper

DimensionsSheet (each, ōban tate-e): 14 3/16 x 9 7/16 in. (36 x 24 cm)
Composition: 13 3/8 x 27 1/2 in. (34 x 69.8 cm)
Matted: 25 3/8 x 32 in. (64.5 x 81.3 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, lower right (right sheet), artist's signature in block: Kiyochika (清親)

InscribedOn recto, upper right corner (right sheet), title in block: Our Troops Occupying and Landing at Rongcheng Bay (「我軍占領栄城湾ｦ上陸ｽﾙ之図」/ Eijōwan o wagagun senryō shi jōriku suru no zu)

MarkingsOn recto, lower right (right sheet), artist's seal in block: Kiyochika (清親)

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