Picture of the Fall of Chinchow Fort
Artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林 清親
(Japanese, 1847–1915)
Date1894 (Meiji 27)
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions37.5 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Overall1: 37.4 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Overall2: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
Overall1: 37.4 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Overall2: 37.5 x 25.4 cm (14 3/4 x 10 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineHarriet B. Bancroft Fund
Object number1997.125
DescriptionSino-Japanese War Print: During the night of November 5, orders were given that a general attack should be made on the following day. Major Saito led his detachment over the mountains to turn the right flank of the first fort. This was reached about 6 a.m. and the Japanese stormed both forts in about half an hour. Major Saito himself took part in the fight, for, seeing a Chinese soldier about to fire a mine, he rushed into the first fort amidst a hail of bullets and, with one blow of his sword, cleft the man's skull to the teeth.from Nathin Chaikin, The Sino-Japanese War, no. 49, p. 83, ill p. 159. Copyright Nathan Chaikin, 1983
ProvenanceIsrael Goldman, London
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Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林 清親
1895
