Object number2008.19.10

Japanese Troops Seize a Russian Battery

Date1904

Artist Ogata Gessan (尾形月山) (Japanese, active 1904-1905)

CultureJapanese

MediumWoodblock print (oban tate-e triptych), ink and color on paper

DimensionsSheet (each, ōban tate-e triptych): 13 7/8 x 9 1/16 in. (35.2 x 23 cm)
Composition: 13 7/8 x 27 1/4 in. (35.2 x 69.2 cm)
Matted: 20 x 33 in. (50.8 x 83.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frances Beatty Adler, class of 1970, and Allen Adler

Period20 c (Meiji period)

Classification(s)

SignedOn recto, lower right, signed in block: 月三（げっさん）; (Gessan)

InscribedOn recto upper right, in yellow cartouche, in block: 九連城蛤膜塘大戦ニ我兵露兵ヲ生擒ス

MarkingsOn recto, lower right, seal in block: Gessan

Vassar Exhibitions

Recent Acquisitions: Works on Paper

Exhibition HistoryPougheepsie, New York, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, "Recent Acquistions: Works on Paper," January 18 - March 30, 2013.

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