Object number1991.35.4

Number 4: Empress Jingū Conquering the Three Korean Kingdoms, from the series Illustrated History of Great Japan

Portfolio/Seriesfrom the series Illustrated History of Great Japan

Date1885

Artist Adachi Ginkō（安達吟光） (Japanese, 1853 - 1902)

Publisher Ōkura Magobei (大倉孫兵衛) (Japanese)

CultureJapanese

MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Editionfrom the series the Illustrated History of Japan

DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 x 8 11/16 in. (16 x 22 cm)
Sheet (Horizontal chūban): 7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in. (18 x 24 cm)

Credit LineGift of Justine Lewis Keidel, class of 1937

Period19th c (Meiji period)

Classification(s)

InscribedOn recto, print title in upper right corner, in yellow cartouche, printed in block: 四　神功皇后親ら三韓を征伐し給ふ Transliteration (Translation): Yon: Jingū kōgō mizukara Sankan o seibatsu shitamau (Number 4: Empress Jingū Conquering the Three Korean Kingdoms) On recto, series title in upper right corner, in red cartouche, printed in block: 大日本史略図会 Transliteration (Translation): Dai Nihon shiryaku zue (Illustrated History of Great Japan) On recto, upper right in margin, publication date, in block: 御届明治十八年十二月八日 Transliteration (Translation): O-todoke Meiji jūhachinen jūnigatsu yōka (Filed/registered: Meiji 18 [1885].12.8)

MarkingsOn recto, lower right, carver’s mark, in block: 彫工　ムメザハ Transliteration (Translation): Chōkō Mumezawa (Carver: Mumezawa)

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