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TOSHIKATA, Mizuno (1866 - 1908)		"Picture of the first hero HARADA JUKICHI fighting fiercely in the attack of the Genbu Gate" - a scene from the Sino-Japanese war -
		Signed:                     motome ni ojite (by request) Toshikata Publisher:               Akiyama Buemon Dated:                       October 1894 Size:                          oban triptych (71 x 35. 5 cms / c. 28" x 14) Condition: fine impression and colors, very good condition. Triptych mounted on album backing paper. ref. no.:  # 581717 SOLD

This triptych depicts the attack at the Genbu Gate of Phöng-Yang during the Sino-Japanese war in the autumn of 1894. A more detail account of the events is given in the chapter, "The Phyong-Yang Campaign", in the book by N. Chaikin (see below), pp. 68-74, where on p. 73 print nos. 35-37 deal with Harada Jukichi's attack at the Genbu Gate. In our triptych we see him fighting the Chinese defenders on the city walls. - See also a depiction by  KIYOCHIKA  in this gallery section showing the soldier watching the continuation of the Pyöng-Yang battle and the Chinese retreat. Reference: Nathan Chaikin, "The Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)"; privately printed, 1983; p.73, no.36 & p. 144, pl. 36 (in color).

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