At the Battle of the Yellow Sea a Sailor of the Japanese Flagship Matsushima Asks with His Last Breath if the Enemy Battleship Tingyuen has been sunk (Kōkai no tatakai waga Matsushima no suihei shi ni nozonde tekikan no sonpi o tou)

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At the Battle of the Yellow Sea a Sailor of the Japanese Flagship Matsushima Asks with His Last Breath if the Enemy Battleship Tingyuen has been sunk (Kōkai no tatakai waga Matsushima no suihei shi ni nozonde tekikan no sonpi o tou)

1894

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)

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Object Details

Title:

At the Battle of the Yellow Sea a Sailor of the Japanese Flagship Matsushima Asks with His Last Breath if the Enemy Battleship Tingyuen has been sunk (Kōkai no tatakai waga Matsushima no suihei shi ni nozonde tekikan no sonpi o tou)

Date:

1894

Artist:

Kobayashi Kiyochika (Japanese, 1847–1915)

Medium:

Color woodcut triptych

Dimensions:

Sheet (ōban tate-e triptych): approximately 15 1/2 × 31 1/2 inches (39.4 × 80 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Purchased with funds contributed by Peter A. Benoliel, 1976

Accession Number:

1976-75-112a--c

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Reign: Meiji Emperor (1868-1912)

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