Title : Firing Cannon from Battle Ship

Artist : Mizuno Toshikata

Date : 1894

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Description : Title Firing Cannon from Battle Ship Artist Toshikata Mizuno 1866-1908 Signature oju Toshikata e Seal artist's seal Dated 1894 Publisher Akiyama Buemon Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent Colors excellent ... lacquer-shomenzuri Condition very good ... light toning, slight creases and soil, paper residues along the side edges on verso, not backed. Middle Sheet: light brown stains on the upper right. Right Sheet: middle left and right area on the background lightly soiled. Description Japanese war ship fires its cannon on the enemy near Haiyang island (Jp: Kaiyoto). Format 3 Oban tate-e Width 28.3 inches = 72.0 cm Height 14.2 inches = 36.0 cm Literature Okamoto, Shumpei, "Impressions of the Front: Woodcuts of the Sino-Japanese War", Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1983, ISBN 0-87633-049-9, - pg.26, pl.27

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