Japanese Print "Hero's Welcome at Asan" by Adachi Ginko
Artist:Adachi Ginko
Title:Hero's Welcome at Asan
Date:1894
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Title Hero's Welcome at Asan Artist Ginko Adachi active 1874-1897 Signature oju Ginko Seal artist's seal (Heta no Yokozuki) Dated 1894 Publisher Oribe Hanji Technique/Medium Woodblock print Impression excellent - very good Colors excellent - very good ... lacquer-shomenzuri, silver colored metallic pigment Condition very good ... light toning, slight soil and creases, paper residues along the side edges on verso, slight discolorations along the bottom edge, not backed. Middle Sheet: smudges on the upper area on the sky and on the title cartouche. Description Japanese minister Ohtori and Yi Yun-yong, the envoy from Korean King welcome the victorious Japanese army at Asan (Jp: Gasan). 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. 21, pl.10
