- Provenance
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From the 1960s to 1999
Elizabeth D. Woodbury, Japan and Alexandria, VA, purchased in Japan in the 1960s [1]From 1999
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Elizabeth D. Woodbury in 1999Notes:
[1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Elizabeth D. Woodbury
- Label
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The artist of this print is not identified. A network of orange lines represent the terrifying ferocity of the battle in which Chinese and Japanese soldiers fight hand to hand as gunfire, swords, and bayonets threaten them all. The location is Songhwan in southern Korea, the site of a battle on 29 July 1894. Despite the modern weaponry and the novel graphic imagery of the representations of gunfire, much of the visual precedent for portraying the soldiers in battle comes from traditional Japanese paintings which survive from as early as the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
- Collection Area(s)
- Japanese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- SI Usage Statement
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